Pseudoanthidium scapulare Le Divelec

PSEUDOANTHIDIUM SCAPULARE (LATREILLE, 1809) (FIGS 2E, 9B, D, F, 10B, 11B, 12B, 13B, 14) Anthidium scapulare Latreille, 1809: 46–47, 227, pl. 1, Fig. 8, ♀, Type locality: ‘Patria incognita’ [origin unknown]. Lectotype, ♀, designated by Tkalců, 1966: 63: ‘ scapulare ♀ ’, ‘ Lectotype of Anthidium scapulare Latr. ♀ 1965 Tkalců det.’, ‘Type O.U.M.’ (OUMNH). Anthidium frontale Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841: 377–378, ♀, synon. nov. Type locality: ‘ Oran; envoyé par mon fils. Ma collection’ [Oran, Algeria; sent by my son. [My collection] Lectotype, ♀, by present designation: ‘anthidium frontale LP. ♀.’, ‘ Pseudoanthidium (Paraanthidiellum) lituratum Panz. J. Pasteels det. 1966’, ‘ Lectotype Anthidium frontale Lep. Le Divelec des. 2020’ [red label] (MNHN), ‘ Pseudoanthidium scapulare (Latreille, 1809) Le Divelec det. 2020’, ‘MNHN, Paris EY24646’ (Fig. 14). Material examined: 89 females, 83 males (see Supporting Information, Table S1 for specimen data). Distribution: Algeria, France, Morocco, Portugal, Spain (including Mallorca) and Tunisia (Fig. 6B). Host-plant associations: Asteraceae Algeria Centaurea calcitrapa L., Carduus sp., Onopordum macracanthum Schousb., Atractylis serratuloides (Cass.) DC., Cynara cardunculus L.; Verbenaceae Algeria Verbena officinalis L. (Aguib et al., 2010). Remarks: Tkalců (1966) and Warncke (1980) considered A. scapulare as a junior synonym of P. nanum (= as lituratum Panzer), yet an examination of photographs of the lectotype of P. scapulare (Latreille, 1809) demonstrate that P. scapulare is distinct from P. nanum. Tkalců (1975) also came to this conclusion, but recognized P. scapulare as a subspecies of P. nanum (as lituratum Panzer), rather than a distinct species. Přidal (2004) eventually removed P. scapulare from synonymy with P. nanum (as P. lituratum), considering it a distinct species. The lectotype of P. scapulare is a badly worn female, but still corresponds to the morphological criteria associated with P. scapulare, namely in the relatively fine punctation on the second ...