Szekessy Vilmos (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 57. (Budapest 1965)

Mavromoustakis, G. A.: On some bees of the family Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from Afghanistan

Pestshanka near Troitz Kozavsk, 10. VIII. 1926, compared with the type by V. GUSSAKOVSKIJ). This species has the abdomen entirely black, the lateral lobes of seventh tergite very broad and rounded, the median emargination between the lobes shallow, the median spine in middle of the emargination short and thick, not pointed at the apex and its top with the level of the apical margin of the lateral lobes (Ann. Mag. Nat, Hist. 10, xix, p. 152, fig. 2, 1937). Afghanistan: Badakschan (Sarekarda Mts) 4000 m., 2 9 $, 31. VII. 1953 (J. KLAPPERICH). Both females from Afghanistan are similar to Anthidium montanum reiehardti Guss., with some differences of minor importance in the cuticular colour of the abdominal tergites. Anthidium afghanistanicum sp. nov. (Fig. 1 — 2). Male. — Length 10.5. to 11.0 mm. Related to Anthidium taschenbergii F. MOR. (Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross., XXVIII, p. 52, 1894) from Turkestan ; black ; clypeus yellow, shining, shallowly and somewhat densely punctured, with a polished, very slight median keel reaching basal margin, more densely and more finely punctured at sides, very densely and very finely punctured at lower sides, apical margin narrowly black, very slightly concave on the whole margin and with slight, well separated convexely edged undulations; supraclypeal plate very densely and somewhat finely punctured, lower margin narrowly yellow; mandibles tridentate, long and narrow, yellow, black brown at the apex: paraocular marks to level insertion of antennae yellow; a large yellow spot above top of eyes: antennái space with a yellow line in front; third antennái joint longer than second, nearly as long as joints 4+5 (better seen from in front) : all face transversely below frons with shining white hairs not hiding the surface ; vertex and occiput with somewhat long, erect, dull yellowish white hairs; pilosity on ckeeks somewhat sparse, white mostly on outer side; vertex densely and mostly rugosely punctured, the intervals between the punctures shining; occiput slightly concave in middle (better seen from in front). Mesoscutum shining, densely somewhat strongly and mostly rugosely punctured, more densely laterally with somewhat long, erect yellow white hairs ; tegulae very finely and sparsely punctured, brownish black, broadly in front and narrowly behind yellow; tubercles yellow; mesepisternum covered with long white hairs; scutellum pro1 3 Fig. 1. Sixth sternite of Anthidium afghanistanicum sp. nov.,. çf — Fig. 2. Sixth sternite of Anthidium taschenbergii F. MOR., çf — Fig. 3. Tergites 5 to 7 of Anthidiuin klapperichi sp. nov., çf