Icteranthidium afrum

Icteranthidium afrum (Lepeletier, 1841) Anthidium afrum Lepeletier, 1841. Female, male. Algeria. Type repository probably Paris (MNHN). Dianthidium afrum (Lepeletier, 1841). – Assigned to Dianthidium by Mavromoustakis (1947, 1951). Icteranthidium afrum (Lepeletier, 1841). – Assigned to Icteranthidium by Mavromoustakis (1968). Genetic Barcode ID. BOLD: AEH 3204, based on material from Morocco (Kasparek, unpubl.). Material examined. • Vierdau (handwriting on label unclear; locality not identified); vi. 1917; A. Andres leg. (SMF). • Giza Governorate: Dahshur; v. 1915; A. Andres leg. (SMF, PPDD; Alfken 1926). • Giza Governorate: Kirdasah (Kerdace), vi. 1914; A. Andres leg. (SMF; Alfken 1926). Material (literature). • Giza Governorate: Saqqarah; May; (PPDD) (Storey 1916 a, 1916 b). • 1 ♂; Giza Governorate: Abu Rawash; 27. 05. 1925 [AUCE] (Elshaier 2022). • Ibid.; July (Salem and El-Azab 2017). Sources for identification. Drawings in Mavromoustakis (1951), key in Warncke (1980). Taxonomy. Mavromoustakis (1951) clarified the taxonomic status of this species and provided diagnostic characters distinguishing it from the closely related I. decoloratum. Distribution. Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen (Smith 1854; Bingham 1898; Storey 1916 a, 1916 b; Alfken 1926; Mavromoustakis 1947, 1951, 1968; Monks 2019; Lhomme et al. 2020). The species was included by Mavromoustakis (1968) in a paper on Iran, but no specific records were provided.