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

Anthidium afghanistanicum sp. nov., male, differs from Anthidium terminale F. Mow. (Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross., 27, 1894 p. 50), from Turkestan, female, in many details. The latter has the axillae rounded (in A. afghanistanicum sp. nov., regular), distance between lateral ocelli equal to that from top of eyes; mesoscutum and scutellum finely and very densely punctured, dull; propodeum shining, dull above. Anthidiu?-' trispinosuniFmESB, male (Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr., 1.

1917 pp. 52 — 53) may be compared with Anthidium afghanistanicum sp. nov., male and the former differs as it is exteriorly rather similar to Anthidium pubescens F. MOR., but clypeus as long as broad, nal segment small, with three small acute teeth: sixth tergite with large, curved yell w tooth at each side: sixth sternite red, ending in a big black tooth on either side which is also visible from above. Anthidium klapperichi sp. nov. (Fig. 3). Male. — Length 14.0 mm. Black; clypeus as long as broad, creamy yellow, with a shallowly and sparsely punctured longitudinal, broad area in middle, remainder finely and densely punctured, apical margin straight, with two or three well separated undulations towards the sides, basal margin very narrowly transversely polished; paraocular area somewhat strongly and densely punctured, to level of insertion of antennae creamy yellow; occiput with a yellow mark at each side ; mandibles long, tridentate, yellow, teeth brownish black, antennae brownish black; fourth antennái joint brown in front ; third antenna! joint longer than broad, longer than fourth or fifth, a little shorter than joints 4+5; fourth or fifth joints as long as broad, nearly equal (all better seen from in front); hairs of lower half on head and of all cheeks white; those of vertex and occiput denser and greyish white. Mesoscutum strongly rugosely punctured, shining, with greyish white hairs not hiding the surface ; mesepisternum densely convered with erect white hairs; tegulae yellow, disk brown in middle; tubercles yellow; mesoscutum with a longitudinal yellow stripe at each side; scutellum slightly produced over propodeum, shining, strongly and densely punctured, with somewhat dense greyish white hairs; apical margin of scutellum rounded at sides, very slightly depressed in middle, yellow (interrupted by black in middle) ; axillae united with scutellum, their margin yellow, not convex; propodeum dullish, basal area transversely very broadly densely punctured, remainder leather-like (coriaceous) ; wings nearly clear or subclouded, marginal cell more clouded transversely anteriorly; second recurrent vein interstitial with the line of the apex of second transverse cubital vein ; basal vein originating considerably basad of transverse median vein; femora black, yellow at apex; anterior tibiae yellow above, brownish black and suffused with reddish brown towards the apex beneath ; middle and hind tibiae yellow above and brownish black, below; femora and tibiae with dense white hairs: basitarsi yellow and covered with shining white hairs above; hind basitarsi with short, very dense, light golden-white hairs on inner side; small tarsal joints reddish brown, last one black brown at the apex ; arolia absent; hind spurs pale yellow.Abdomen shining; first tergite with base somewhat strongly punctured, remainder sparsely punctured broadly in middle, densely and broadly at sides, apical margin polished, very broadly in middle and very narrowly towards the sides; second tergite with base very sparsely and very finely punctured, disk finely and sparsely punctured, transversely and broadly in middle (densely at sides), subapical area very finely punctured (densely at sides), apical margin polished, very broadly in middle and narrowly towards sides ; first tergite with transverse yellow stripe attenuated and broadly interrupted in middle; tergites 2 to 5 with very broad, transverse yellow stripes, slightly notched anteriorly in middle; sixth tergite yellow except a triangular mark to-