DNA barcoding confirms the validity of Anthidium melanopygum Friese, 1917 stat. nov. (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as a distinct species of Western Asia Author Kasparek, Max Mönchhofstr. 16, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Author Fateryga, Alexander V. T. I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station-Nature Reserve of RAS-Branch of A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Nauki str. 24, Kurortnoye vill., 298188 Feodosiya, Crimea. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-09-21 5346 5 567 580 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5346.5.4 journal article 270782 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.5.4 e8414ca7-9f8e-4120-9bca-6167a5dc6aa8 1175-5326 8390786 CD9FE607-CDEF-4690-B401-F8AD0BADB167

TABLE 1. Pairwise genetic distances between 12 specimens of Anthidium melanopygum / A. spiniventre from different parts of the distribution area according to the Tamura-Nei and the Kimura 2-parameter substitution model (the genetic distances values are identical on the level of the first three decimal places in both models). Distance values>5% are shown in bold.

	Israel 1	Israel 2	Lebanon	Turkey 1	Turkey 2	Turkey 3	Turkey 4	Greece 1	Greece 2	Azerbaijan	Dagestan	Dagestan
											1	2
Israel 1	–
Israel 2	0.000	–
Lebanon	0.057	0.057	–
Turkey 1	0.057	0.057	0.002	–
Turkey 2	0.057	0.057	0.002	0.000	–
Turkey 3	0.057	0.057	0.002	0.000	0.000	–
Turkey 4	0.057	0.057	0.002	0.000	0.000	0.000	–
Greece 1	0.055	0.055	0.003	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002	–
Greece 2	0.055	0.055	0.003	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.000	–
Azerbaijan	0.057	0.057	0.002	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.002	0.002	–
Dagestan 1	0.058	0.058	0.005	0.003	0.003	0.003	0.003	0.002	0.002	0.003	–
Dagestan 2	0.055	0.055	0.002	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.002	0.002	0.000	0.003	–