Published November 24, 2025 | Version v1
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Trachusa (Archianthidium) pubescens

  • 1. Saint-Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Nab., 7 - 9 - 11, 199034, Russia
  • 2. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab., 1, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia
  • 3. Federal Scientific Centre for East Asian Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia

Description

26. Anthidium pubescens Morawitz, 1872

(Fig. 25a–e)

Anthidium pubescens Morawitz, 1872: 59, ♂.

Type locality: Derbent (Russia).

Published locality: “Derbent”.

Lectotype: ♂, designated by Proshchalykin et al. 2017: 21, golden circle // Derbent. [Russia, Dagestan Republic, Derbent, 42°05′N 48°28′E] // pubescens Mor. Typ. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus ♂ Anthidium pubescens Morawitz, 1872 design. Proshchalykin & Astafurova, 2016 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Peterburg INS_HYM_0002506.

Paralectotypes: 1 ♂, Derbent // pubescens F. Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz]; 1 ♂, Derbent. Caucasus; 1 ♂, Derbent // Anthidium pubescens Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Paralectotypus Anthidium pubescens Morawitz, 1872 design. Proshchalykin & Astafurova, 2016 <red label> [identical last two labels on each paralectotype specimen].

Current status. Trachusa (Archianthidium) pubescens (Morawitz, 1872) (transferred to Archianthidium by Pasteels 1969b: 31).

Remarks. Description of female: Mocsáry 1880: 46.

Distribution. Greece, North Macedonia, Hungary, Russia (Crimea, North Caucasus), Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Turkmenistan (Kasparek 2017a, 2022; Fateryga & Proshchalykin 2024).

Notes

Published as part of Ivlev, Konstantin S., Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2025, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution IX. Family Megachilidae, tribe Anthidiini, species described by F. Morawitz, pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 5723 (1) on pages 29-30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/17892976

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
INS
Material sample ID
INS_HYM_0002506
Scientific name authorship
Morawitz
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Megachilidae
Genus
Trachusa
Species
pubescens
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype , paralectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Trachusa (Archianthidium) pubescens (Morawitz, 1872) sec. Ivlev, Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2025

References

  • Morawitz, F. F. (1872) Neue suedrussische Bienen. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 9 (1), 45-62
  • Pasteels, J. J. (1969 b) La systematique generique et subgenerique des Anthidiinae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae) de l'Ancien Monde. Memoires de la Societe Royale d'Entomologie de Belgique, 31, 3-148.
  • Mocsary, S. (1880) Ujabb adatok temesmegye hartyaropu faunajahoz. Mathematikai es Termeszettudomanyi Kozlemenyek, 16, 1-70.
  • Kasparek, M. (2017 a) Resin bees of the anthidiine genus Trachusa. Identification, taxonomy, distribution and biology of the Old World species. Entomofauna, Supplement 21, 1-152.
  • Kasparek, M. (2022) The Resin and Wool Carder Bees (Anthidiini) of Europe and Western Turkey. Identification - Distribution - Biology (Afranthidium, Anthidiellum, Anthidium, Eoanthidium, Icteranthidium, Pseudoanthidium, Rhodanthidium, Trachusa). Chimaira, Frankfurt, 292 pp.
  • Fateryga, A. V. & Proshchalykin, M. Yu. (2024) 150 years after Ferdinand Morawitz: a survey of megachilid bees (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) of Dagestan, Russia. ZooKeys, 1217, 101-117. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1217.134704