Anthidium (Anthidium) bischoffi Mavromoustakis 1954

Anthidium (Anthidium) bischoffi Mavromoustakis, 1954) Fig. 6 Anthidium bischoffi Mavromoustakis, 1954 a. – Male, Israel. “ Type ” (holotype) and “ allotype ” in MoA Cyprus according to original description and MoA (1989). Additionally, paratype in Vienna museum (NMW) (Mavromoustakis, 1954). Anthidium bischoffi var. hoggaricum Mavromoustakis, 1954 b. – Female, Algeria. Type in Linz (OLL) (Warncke 1980). Genetic Barcode ID. BOLD: AER 0580, based on material from Oman (Kasparek 2024 a). Material examined. • 1 ♂; Sinai: W of El-Tih (29.14°N, 33.53°E), 70 m; 23. vi. 1939; H. Priesner leg. (CMK) (Kasparek 2024 a). • 10 ♀, 6 ♂; Cairo: Wadi Digla; various dates between 1931 and 1938 (June and July); H. Priesner leg. (CMK) (Kasparek 2024 a). • 1 ♂; Sinai: 5 km SW Dahab (28.46°N, 34.44°E), 125 m; 23. iii. 2011; S. Risch leg.; coll. S. Risch. (Kasparek 2024 a). Material (other sources). • Cairo Governorate: Wadi Digla (Degla) (AMNH 2026). • 1 ♀; ibid.: 07. 05. 1991 (SEMC 2026). Sources for identification. Kasparek (2024 a), including a key, drawings, and photographs. Fig. 6 herein. Remarks. Anthidium bischoffi Mavromoustakis, 1954 was regarded as a synonym of A. waltlii Spinola, 1838 by Warncke (1980). However, following Schwarz and Gusenleitner (2003), A. waltlii is considered a synonym of A. tesselatum Klug, 1832 (Kasparek 2024 a). Photographs and line drawings of A. bischoffi are available in Kasparek (2024 a). Distribution. Afro-Arabian faunal element, occurring from southern Iran across the Arabian Peninsula and the southern Levant to the Algerian desert. Records are known from Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Oman (Kasparek 2024 a).