Anthidiellum breviusculum

Anthidiellum breviusculum (Pérez, 1890) Material examined FRANCE: 1♂, Drome pr., 12 km SE Dieulefit, 500 m, 09 July 1999, B. Merz leg. (ms3916, CMK). – 1♀, Alpes Maritimes: La Brigue (44.065°N, 7.618°E), 800 m, 10 July 2010, C. SchmidEgger (seg181, CMK). – 1♀, Le Beaucet, 09 July 1993, M. Hauser leg. (mh099). – PORTUGAL: 1♀, 1♂, Trás-os-Montes, hill E of Moimenta (41.948°N, − 6.964°E), 02 July 2016, T. Wood leg. (tjw006–007, see also Baldock et al. 2018). – SPAIN: 1♀, Murcia Sra. de Espuña nr. Totana, 20 June 1973, Z. Boucek leg. (ms3915). – 1♀, Murcia, Sierra de la Muela, 28 June 2021, I. Cross leg. (tjw002). – 2♂, Granada: Tocón. d. Quéntar to Camino de Las Ramillas (37.237° N, − 3.361°E), 1200 m, 04 July 2021, T. Wood leg. (tjw008/INV12212, tjw011). – 1♂, Granada: Nerja, 03 July 1974, Z. Boucek leg. (NHMUK). – 1♀, Callosa, 08 July 1978, K.M. Guichard leg. (NHMUK). – 1♂, Segovia, Brieva, 5 km N, Las Canones de los rios Piron y Viego (41.065°N, − 4.051°E), 16 July 2021, T. Wood leg. (tjw009). – 1♀, Segovia, La Higuera, 1 km N (41.027°N, − 4.081°E), 23 July 2019, T. Wood leg. (tjw010). – 1♂, Madrid: R. Guadarrama, 03 June 1979, K.M. Guichard leg. (NHMUK). Literature data FRANCE: Type locality France, probably Agen in southern France (Pérez 1890; Friese 1898; Alfken 1936). La Brigue, see under ‘material̍ (Schmid-Egger 2011). Warncke (1980) gives ‘d̍Annot au Fugeret/Haut-Alpes̍, Montaurox (Var), and Fayence (Var). GBIF record not included here (confirmation required). – PORTUGAL: 2♂, Minho, Codeçoso, Linha do Tamega, 13 June 2016, det. and leg. I. Cross; 1♀, 2♂, Douro Litoral, Amarante, Chapa, 19 June 2016, det. Le Goff, leg. I. Cross (Baldock et al. 2018). – SPAIN: Castelldefels (c. 20 km SW Barcelona), 17 July 1898 (Alonso and María 1908; Mavromoustakis 1949 [1948]). Warncke (1980) also gives ‘NE Spain̍ (original source?). Andalusia: Jaén, Cazorla, Snow Entomological Museum Collection, Kansas (37.913°N, − 03.000°E), 6.viii.1984 (GBIF). Diagnosis 6–7 mm. Overall, a very dark species as compared to its closest congeners. The female is characterised by apically hooked hairs on the labial palpi. The male is characterised by a combination of a black scutum, a pale yellow maculation not reaching antennal sockets on the paraocular areas, and a fine punctation on the clypeus and the terga. Description/variation See Tables 2 and 3. The size of the yellow face marks on the lower paraocular area is variable in the female and they may be entirely absent, as described for a specimen from Barcelona (Alonso and María 1908; Mavromoustakis 1949 [1948]). The preoccipital band is narrower than in the other two species, and is mostly 1–2 antennal diameters wide. It reaches the level of the upper compound eye. Scutellum black, sometimes with narrow yellow posterior band. Axillae black. Seasonal occurrence The flight period extends from June to July. Distribution South-western Europe; found in France, Spain and Portugal (Figure 6).
Published as part of Kasparek, Max, Wood, Thomas, Ferreira, Sónia & Benarfa, Noudjoud, 2023, Taxonomic status of the disjunct populations of the resin bee Anthidiellum breviusculum (Pérez, 1890) s. l. in the Mediterranean (Apoidea: Anthidiini), pp. 2047-2063 in Journal of Natural History 56 (45 - 48) on pages 2054-2056, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2022.2152749, http://zenodo.org/record/7615290
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