Pseudoanthidium (Immanthidium) sjoestedti

Pseudoanthidium (Immanthidium) sjoestedti (Friese, 1909) Fig. 20 Anthidium sjoestedti Friese, 1909. – Male, Tanzania. Type (holotype?) in Berlin (MFN), see Eardley and Urban (2010). Type (syntype?) in Frankfurt (SMF). Immanthidium sjoestedti (Friese, 1909). – Transferred to the newly erected genus Immanthidium (Pasteels 1969 a). Anthidium lanipes Friese, 1913. – Female, Tanzania. Type in Berlin (MFN). Afranthidium (Immanthidium) sjoestedti (Friese, 1909). – Michener (2007). Pseudoanthidium (Immanthidium) sjoestedti (Friese, 1909). – Transferred to Pseudoanthidium by Litman et al. (2016). Genetic Barcode ID. BOLD: AEL 0334, based on material from Oman (Kasparek et al. unpubl.). Material examined. • 7 ♀ 2 ♂; Red Sea Governorate: Jebel Elba, Wadi Aideb; 1–4.02. 1933 and 5. 03. 1938; H. Priesner leg. (CMK). Sources for identification. Key in Pasteels (1984). Notes. Because of the striking differences in coloration between females and males, the two sexes were originally described as separate species: the male as sjoestedti and the female as lanipes. Distribution. Widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. The Egyptian record is the northernmost one. The range extends from here to southern Africa (Ascher and Pickering 2026). Eardley and Urban (2010) list the following countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. The record from Sudan refers to Jebel Elba, which is attributed here to Egypt.