Taxonomic status of the disjunct populations of the resin bee Anthidiellum breviusculum (Pérez, 1890) s. l. in the Mediterranean (Apoidea: Anthidiini) Author Kasparek, Max Author Wood, Thomas Author Ferreira, Sónia Author Benarfa, Noudjoud text Journal of Natural History 2023 2023-01-25 56 45 - 48 2047 2063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2022.2152749 journal article 26160 10.1080/00222933.2022.2152749 001f2d20-5647-414f-bd31-989c772a8b5e 1464-5262 7615290 FE72A30D-7893-46D4-A34F-24A0C32BB190

Table 2. Differences between the females of Anthidiellum troodicum, A. africanum sp. nov. and A. breviusculum.

	A. africanum sp. nov.	A. breviusculum	A. troodicum
Ground colour Mandible	Dark black Brown with light brown to yellow at base	Dark black or reddish brown Dark black without lightening or reddish brown	Black Black, basis yellow to reddish brown
Clypeus: colouration	Yellow with black apical margin	Dark black or reddish brownish	Yellow with dark apical margin
Clypeus: punctation Paraocular area	Fine, shallow punctation Yellow, reaching beyond antennal sockets	Fine Yellow spot in the middle (neither reaching antennal socket nor lower end of eye), rarely absent	Coarse Yellow, reaching beyond antennal sockets
Supraclypeal area	Punctation finer than on clypeus	Punctation finer than on clypeus	Punctation more or less the same as on clypeus
Preoccipital band	Yellow, 3–4 antennal diameters wide, reaching middle of eye; sometimes extended to malar area as reddish-brown band	Yellow, 1–2 antennal diameters wide, reaching upper part of eye	Yellow, 2–3 antennal diameters wide, reaching upper part of eye
Labial palpi	Hooked bristles absent	With hooked bristles	Hooked bristles absent
Scutum	Black, sometimes with small anterolateral band or remnants of it in the anterolateral corner	Black, shining	Black, sometimes with yellow anterolateral band
Scutellum	Yellow with black basis; posterior margin semi-transparent	Black or with narrow yellow band posteriorly	Distal half yellow or reddish brown
Axillae	Yellow	Black	Black or yellow or partly reddish brown
Terga	Fine, dense punctation; shining	Fine, dense punctation; shining	Coarse, dense punctation
T6	Black (sometimes with a yellow spot on each side)	Black	Black, sometimes with some yellow lightening
Mandible	Yellow with black teeth	Pale yellow with black teeth	Pale yellow with black teeth
Clypeus: colouration	Yellow with light brown, semi-transparent apical margin	Pale yellow with light brown, semi- transparent apical margin	Pale yellow with light brown, semi-transparent apical margin
Clypeus: punctation	Fine	Fine	Coarse
Paraocular area	Yellow, surpassing antennal sockets	Pale yellow, not reaching antennal sockets	Pale yellow, surpassing antennal sockets
Supraclypeal area	Black or black with lower part yellow	Black	Yellow maculation in lower part; entirely yellow in southern populations
Preoccipital band	Yellow, 2–3 antennal diameters wide, reaching upper part of eye	Yellow, 1–2 antennal diameters wide, reaching upper part of eye	Yellow, 1–3 antennal diameters wide, reaching upper part of eye (broader in Levantine populations than farther north)
Scutum	Black with L-shaped anterolateral band	Black	Black; rarely with anterolateral yellow maculation in northern populations, but anterolateral band in southern populations
Scutellum	Distal part yellow	Mostly black, rarely with some yellow remnants	Distal part yellow
Axillae	Distal part yellow	Black	Distal part yellow (rarely entirely black or entirely yellow)
Terga	Fine punctation, shining	Fine punctation, shining	T2 broadly interrupted in northern populations