Pseudoanthidium (Pseudoanthidium) ochrognathum

Pseudoanthidium (Pseudoanthidium) ochrognathum (Alfken, 1933) Anthidium ochrognathum Alfken, 1933. – Female, male. Egypt. Holotype in the collection of the Ministry of Agriculture, Cairo (PPDD) (Alfken 1933). Pseudoanthidium (Carinellum) ochrognathum Alfken, 1933. – Subgeneric assignment by Pasteels (1969 a). Pseudoanthidium (Paraanthidiellum) micronitens Pasteels, 1981. – Male, Saudi Arabia. Synonymized by Kasparek et al. (2023 a). Anthidium arenosum Warncke, 1982. – Female, Iran. Synonymized by Kasparek et al. (2023 a). Genetic Barcode ID. BOLD: AEK 7168, based on specimens from Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates (Kasparek et al. 2023 a; Kasparek 2024 b). Material (literature). • 1 ♀; Giza Governorate: Abu Rawash; 7. 08. 1926; R. Mabrouk leg.; Ministry of Agriculture Cairo (PPDD); holotype of Anthidium ochrognathum (Alfken 1933; Salem and El-Azab 2017; Elshaier 2022). • 1 ♂; Asyut Governorate: Wadi Assiouti; 25. 04. 1926; Kassim leg.; paratype of Anthidium ochrognathum; Ministry of Agriculture Cairo (PPDD) (Alfken 1933; see also Salem and El-Azab 2017; Elshaier 2022). • 1 ♂; Giza Governorate: Mansouria; 16. 05. 1934; R. Mabrouk leg. (Elshaier 2022). Sources for identification. Description and key with photographs and line drawings in Kasparek et al. (2023 a) and Kasparek (2024 b). Taxonomy. Kasparek et al. (2023 a) and Kasparek (2024 b) included the taxon in the nominate subgenus and assigned it to the Pseudoanthidium ochrognathum species group. Distribution. Afro-Arabian species with a distribution extending from Morocco in the west through Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula to southern Iran (Kasparek et al. 2023 a).