Abstract
The resin bees of the genus Anthidiellum Cockerell, 1904 are revised for China. Seven species are confirmed to occur in China including five new combinations: A. (Pycnanthidium) carinatum (Wu, 1962) comb. nov., A. (P.) coronum (Wu, 2004a) comb. nov., A. (P.) latipes (Bingham, 1897) comb. nov., A. (Clypanthidium) popovii (Wu, 1962) comb. nov., and A. (Anthidiellum) yunnanensis (Wu, 1962) comb. nov.. These five species had previously been classified as Trachusa (Paraanthidium), which is characterized by much larger-bodied bees (only four species of Trachusa (Paraanthidium) are confirmed to occur in China after this study; others reported in the literature were misplaced to genus). Additionally, Anthidiellum ludingensis Wu, 1993, and Anthidiellum (Anthidiellum) xinjiangensis Wu, 2004b, are removed from Anthidiellum forming the new combinations Pseudoanthidium (Pseudoanthidium) ludingense (Wu, 1993) and P. (P.) xinjiangense (Wu, 2004b), thus extending the range of the genus in China to include Sichuan. Illustrations and a key to known Chinese Anthidiellum species are provided.
References
Ascher, S.J. & Pickering, J. (2015) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Draft 44. Available from: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species (accessed 30 Jul 2015)
Banaszak, J. & Romasenko, L. (1988) Megachilid Bees of Europe (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae). Pedagogical University of Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 237 pp.
Bingham, C.T. (1897) The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma, Hymenoptera. Vol. I. Wasps and Bees. Taylor and Francis, London, xxix + 577 pp., 4 pls.
Cockerell, T.D.A. (1904) The bees of southern California–1. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 3, 3–6.
Cockerell, T.D.A. (1925) Anthidiine bees in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 14, 345–367.
Engel, M.S. (2009) A new species of Ranthidiellum from Thailand, with a key to species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Acta Entomologica Slovenia, 17 (1), 29–35.
Friese, H. (1923) Die Europäischen Bienen. Gruyter, Berlin and Leipzig, xvii + 456 pp., 33pls.
Griswold, T. (2001) Two new species of Trap-nesting Anthidiini (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 103, 269–273.
Krombein, K.V. (1951) Additional notes on the bees of the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 14, 277–295.
Mavromoustakis, G.A. (1963) Further contributions to our knowledge of the Ethiopian Anthidiinae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and their classification—Part 2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 13, 6, 481–499.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651386Michener, C.D. (1944) Comparative external morphology, phylogeny, and a classification of the bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 82, 151–326.
Michener, C.D. (1948) The generic classification of the anthidiine bees (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). American Museum Novitates, No. 1381, 1–29.
Michener, C.D. (2000) The Bees of the World. 1st Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, xiv + [1] + 913 pp.
Michener, C.D. (2007) The Bees of the World. 2nd Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, xvi + 953 pp.
Michener, C.D. & Griswold, T.L. (1994) The classification of Old World Anthidiini (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 55, 299–327.
Pasteels, J.J. (1968) Statut, affinités et origines des Anthidiinae parasites. Naturaliste Canadien, 95, 1055–1063.
Pasteels, JJ. (1969) La systématique générique et subgénérique des Anthidiinae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae) de l’ancien monde. Mémoires de la Société Royale d’Entomologie de Belgique, 31, 1–148.
Pasteels, J.J. (1972) Révision des Anthidiinae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) de la région indo-malaise. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belge d’Entomologie, 108, 72–128.
Proshchalykin, M.Yu. (2007) The bees of family Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Transbaikalia. Far Eastern Entomologist, 175, 1–18.
Schwarz, H.E. (1926) North American Dianthidium, Anthidiellum, and Paranthidium. American Museum Novitates, No. 226, 1–25.
Urban, D. (2001) Loyolanthidium gen. n. e tres espécies novas neotropicais. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 18, 63–70.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81752001000100005Wu, Y.R. (1962) Yunnan organism investigation report－Apoidea II, Megachilidae, Anthidiini. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 11 (Supplement), 161–171. [in Chinese, with Russian abstract]
Wu, Y.R. (1993) Hymenoptera: Apoidea. In: Huang, F.S. (Eds.), Insects of the Hengduan Mountains Region. Vol. II. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 1378–1421.
Wu, Y.R. (2004a) Nine new species of the tribe Anthidiini from China (Apoidea, Megachilidae, Anthidiini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 29 (3), 541–548.
Wu, Y.R. (2004b) The first record of the genus Anthidiellum Cockerell 1904 from China with description of three new species (Apoidea, Megachilidae, Anthidiini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 29 (4), 774–777.
Wu, Y.R. (2006) Megachilidae in Fauna Sinica, Insecta. Vol. 44. Science Press, Beijing, xvi+474 pp. [in Chinese]
Wu, Y.R., He, W. & Wang, S.F. (1988) Bee fauna of Yunnan. Yunnan Science & Technology Press, Kunming, 131 pp.