Anthidium (Proanthidium) venustum Morawitz 1877

Anthidium (Proanthidium) venustum Morawitz, 1877 Fig. 11 nec Anthidium venustum Cresson, 1878. – Female, Colorado (USA) (Cresson 1878). Anthidium venustum Morawitz, 1877. – Female, Azerbaijan. Holotype in St. Petersburg (ZISP), photographs in Ivlev et al. (2025 b). Anthidium morawitzi Dalla Torre, 1896. – Unjustified replacement name for A. venustum Cresson (Dalla Torre 1896). See Mavromoustakis (1939) and Warncke (1980). Genetic Barcode ID. n / a. Material (examined). • 1 ♀; Cairo Governorate: Wadi Digla; IV. 1930; H. Priesner leg. (CMK). • 1 ♀; ibid.; 12. 06. 1930; H. Priesner leg. (CMK). Material (not examined). • 1 ♀; Cairo Governorate: Wadi Hof (Warncke 1980). • 08. 06. 1930; 1 ♀; ibid.; 12. 06. 1930 (Warncke 1980). • 1 ♀; Cairo Governorate: Wadi Digla; IV. 1930 (Warncke 1980). Although Warncke did not provide information on collector and deposition, it is evident that the source of the material is Priesner. Sources for identification. Key in Warncke (1980). Distribution. Known only from Azerbaijan (Morawitz 1877), Egypt, Lebanon (Pérez 1912), and probably Iran (Nadimi et al. 2014).