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APOIDEA, MEGACHILIDAE, ANTHIDIINI) WU Yan�Ru Institute of Zoology , Chinese a Cademy of S Ciences, Beij Ing � 100080, China Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 29 ( 3) : 541- 548 ( July , 2004) ISSN 10000739 动物分类学报 NINE NEW SPECIES OF THE TRIBE ANTHIDIINI FROM CHINA ( APOIDEA, MEGACHILIDAE, ANTHIDIINI) WU YanRu Institute of Zoology , Chinese A cademy of S ciences, Beij ing 100080, China Abst ract Nine new species of the tribe Anthidiini from China are described and illustrated. Which are: Ba th an thidium ( s str . ) circin a tum sp. nov. , Batha nthidium ( sstr . ) emeien se sp. nov. , An th idium ( s str . ) furcatum sp. nov. , An th idium ( s str . ) bicolor sp. nov. , An thidium ( s str . ) stria tum sp. nov. , An th idium ( s str . ) mog an shan en sis sp. nov. , An th idium ( Proan thidium ) h elian thin um sp. nov. , Trach usa ( Paraan thidium ) coron um sp. nov. , Tra chusa ( Paraan thidium ) corn opes sp. nov. All the type specimens are kept in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Key words Apoidea, Megachilidae, Anthidiini, new species, China. 1 Ba thanthidium ( sstr . ) circinatum sp. nov. ( Alfken) , but differs in: paraocular area with rectan ( Fig1) gle large yellow margin, not striatelike and extending Female. Length 7 mm; clypeus broader than to apex of eye; clypeus yellow, middle with circle long, with punctures on clypeus; punctures on face, black mark; lateral angle of vertex with a large yellow 1 5 3 5 vertex and genae larger and denser; frons with dense mark; T T with lateral yellow marks, T T with wrinklelike punctures; 1st flagellum slightly longer out yellow fasciae. nd than 2 ; mesopleural carina not conspicuouse; mesonotum and scutellum with coarse and dense punc tures; margin of scutellum overhanging above meta notum; hind basitarsi nearly triangular, apex 2 times as basal parts width; basal margin of T1 with carina; apical margin of T1T4 with gradulus; punctures on middle of T1T5 large, basal and apical punctures smaller; T6 with wrinklelike punctures. Head black, mandible ( apical tooth black) , clypeus ( middle with circle marking) , paraocular area and laterale angle of vertex with long yellow markings; pronotum lobe, lat eral angle of mesonotum, axillae and scutellum yellow; Fig 1. Batha n th idium ( sstr . ) circin atum sp. nov. , head. 1/ 3 basal part of tegulae yellow, others yellowbrown and transparent; apex of femora, tibiae and tarsi yel Etymology. Named after the clypeus with a circle low; wings palebrownish, marginal cell and apex black mark. darker; T1T5 with lateral oval yellow markings, dis 2 Ba tha aanthidium ( sstr . ) emeiense sp. nov. tance between two markings of basal part wider than ( Fig2) apical part; T6 black without yellow marking. Pubescence sparse; face, mesosoma and legs covered Female. Length 7 mm. Head quadrate; mandible st with short, sparse white hairs; scopa white. with 2 teeth; 1 antennal flagellum short and thicked, nd Male: unknown. slightly longer than 2 flagellum; width of clypeus 2 Holotype , Xinjiang, Yanqi ( 420! N, times as length, punctures on clypeus and supraclypeal 865!E) , 6, 7 July 1958, LI ChangQing. area dense, punctures on paraocular area, genae, ver Similar to Bathan t hidi um ( sstr . ) bif oveola tum tex and frons larger and sparser than clypeus; puncture T he project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 39899400) , th e Ch inese Academy of Sciences, the Ministyr of S cience and Technology of China. Received 4 Feb. 2004, accepted 10 Apr. 2004. 541 542 Acta Zootax onomica Sinica 动物分类学报 Vol. 29 N o. 3 on mesonotum, pleuron and scutellum as on vertex; on body greyyellow; area around antennal socket and T1T5 with coarse and sparse punctures, apical part mesopleuron with greywhite hairs; vertex and mesoso smaller; T6 with dense punctures. Body black, ma covered with yellowish hairs; scopa goldenyellow. paraocular area with a triangular yellow mark; tegulae Male: unknown. brown, anterior part with a yellow mark; margin of scutellum with median lateral transverse yellow mark; basal lateral angle of T1T2 with a yellow marks; T3 T4 with interrupted yellow striae; basal part of T6 with yellow striae. Body with white sparse hairs; face, mesopleuron, scutellum and legs covered with dense white hairs; inner surface of basitarsi yellow; scopa white. Holotype , Sichuan, Mt. Emei ( 295! N, 1033!E) , 550750 m, 23 May 1964, WU YanRu. Paratypes 2 , same as holotype. Male: unknown. Figs34 An thidium ( s str . ) furcatum sp. nov. 3 head. 4 T6 Holotype , Yunnan, Lijiang, Baishui ( 268! N, 1002! E ) , 19 July 1988, FAN JianGuo. Paratype 1 , Sichuan, Markam, 2 700 m, 17 Aug. 1983, WANG RuiQi. Closed to An thi dium ( sst r . ) am uren se Ra Fig2. Bathan thidium ( sstr . ) emeien se sp. nov. , doszkowski, but differs in apical margin of T6 head. bilobed; T1T4 with yellow striae, without marks. 6 Allied to Bat han thi dium ( St en an thi dium ) sibi r Etymology. Named after T bilobed. i cum ( Eversmann) , apex of scutellum with two long 4 Anthidium ( sstr . ) bicolor sp. nov. ( Fig5) st yellow marks, not all black; basal part of tegulae yel Male. Length 8 mm. Mandible 3toothed; 1 an 5 low; basal part of T with yellow striae, not inter tennal flagellum short and thick, slightly shorter than rupt. 2nd flagellum; clypeus and paraocular with sparse Etymology. Named after the specimens collected punctures, becoming longitudinal row; punctures on from Mt. Emei, Sichuan. supraclypeal area, frons, vertex and genae denser than 3 Anthidium ( sstr . ) fur ca tum sp. nov. clypeus; punctures on mesonotum, mesopleuron and ( Figs34) scutellum as on vertex; punctures on T1T5 as on clypeus. Body black with yellow striae; mandible Female. Length 10 mm. Mandible 7toothed; ( apex black) , clypeus, paraocular area ( above an middle of clypeus slightly convex, subapical part with ntennal socket) all yellowish; lateral angle of vertex emargination, apical margin zigzag; head and mesoso st with yellow striae; mesosoma black; tegulae yellow ma with dense punctures; 1 antennal flagellum longer than 2nd flagellum, but shorter than 2nd + 3rd; punc brown and transparent, wings pale brownis, hyaline, vein brown, stigma yellowbrown; apex of femora, tures on basal part of T1T5 larger and sparse than mesosoma, apex with small and dense punctures; most most part of anterior tibiae ( outer with a long black marking) , mid, hind tibiae and all tarsi yellow part of T6 with wrinkle, apex with smooth emargina brown; spurs yellow; T1 with narrow interrupt yellow tion, apical margin bilobed; body black; T2T5 with band; T2T3 with lateral large yellow marks; T5T6 median yellow striae ( T2T3 interrupted) . Pubescence with narrow interrupt orangeyellow band. Body cov July, 2004 吴燕如: 中国黄斑蜂族九新种记述 ( 蜜蜂总科 , 切叶蜂 科, 黄斑 蜂族) 543 ered with white or yellowish hairs; face, genae and mark; T1T3 with lateral yellow marks, T4T5 with mesopleuron with white hairs; vertex, mesonotum with interrupt orangeyellow marks, not T1T5 with uneven yellowish hairs; hairs on legs white, inner surface of yellow striae. all basitarsi goldenyellow. Etymology. Named after the body with black and Female: unknown. yellow colours. Holotype ∀ , Sichuan, Kangding ( 30!N, 1019! 5 Anthidium ( sstr . ) str iatum sp. nov. 2 4002 700 15 1963 E) , m, July , MAO Jin Long. ( Figs611) Similar to An thidium ( sstr . ) str iatum sp. nov. , but differs in paraocular yellow marking exten Male. Length 1011mm. Mandible 3toothed; ding to apex of eye, not extending to antennal socket; clypeus hexagon, margin straight, lateral angleform; clypeus with a median small black mark, without circle head with coarse, large punctures, punctures on genae st dense, weak; 1 antennal flagellum slightly longer than 2nd flagellum; punctures on mesonotum and pleu ron denser than on clypeus; basal part and apical part of T2T5 with tiny and dense punctures, middle with large and sparse one; T6 with lateral tooth; T7, ST6 ST8 and genitalia as in Figs. 611 Body black with yellow markis: mandible ( except apical tooth) , most part of clypeus ( basal part with a median black mark, lateral margin black) , paraocular area ( below anten nal socket) ; T2T3 with lateral two yellow marks on each side; T3T5 with yellow striae. Body with rather rich hairs; face, outer surface of anterior femora, Fig5. An thidium ( s str . ) bicolor sp. nov. , head. mesopleuron, lateral part of T1 with white hairs; metasomal sternites with long white hairs. Figs611. A . ( s str . ) striatum sp. nov. 6 Head. 7 ST6 8 Genitalia. 9 ST7 10 ST8 11 T6T7 544 Acta Zootax onomica Sinica 动物分类学报 Vol. 29 N o. 3 Female: unknown. 7 Anthidium ( Proanthidium ) helianthinum sp. Holotype ∀ , Yunnan, Weixipantiange ( 271!N, nov. ( Figs1319) 992! 1 250 21 1987 E ) , m, July , ZHANG Xue Female. Length 8590 mm. Head broader than Zhong. st long; mandible 6toothed; 1 antennal flagellum equal nd Similar to An th idium ( s str . ) f ur ca tum sp. to 2 flagellum; clypeus broader than long ( 34 % nov. , but differs in basal part of clypeus with nearly 22) . Apical margin raised, lateral with 3 small teeth, circle black mark; not # U∃ form; T1T5 with uneven surface with large and dense punctures, apical part yellow striae, not T1T4 with regular yellow striae. with a median longitudinal smooth band; frons and Etymology. Named after T3T5 with narrow yel supraclypeal area dense, smaller, becoming wrinkle; low striae. genae, mesonotum, mesopleuron, scutellum with dense 6 Anthidium ( s str . ) mogansha nensis sp. nov. punctures becoming wrinkle; margin of scutellum ( Fig12) rounded, with median emargination; punctures on T1
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