Anthidium (Proanthidium) pulchellum Klug 1832

Anthidium (Proanthidium) pulchellum Klug, 1832 Anthidium pulchellum Klug, 1832. – Female, Egypt. Lectotype and paralectotype in Berlin (MFN). Anthidium nitidicolle Friese, 1897. – Male, female, Egypt. Holotype in Oxford (OUMNH), to be confirmed. Synonymized by Alfken (1933). Anthidium asniense Cockerell, 1931. – Male, Morocco. Lectotype designated by van der Zanden in Washington (USNM) (http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/m392303062-431a-4d37-9666-19443e73a1f6). Genetic Barcode ID. BOLD: AEL 1360, based on material from Morocco (Kasparek, unpubl.). Material (examined). • Giza Governorate: Saqqara, S of Cairo (Klug 1832; MFN; drawer image examined). • 1 ♂; Giza; “ 3. v. ”; H. Priesner leg. (CMK). • 1 ♂; Fayyum Governorate: Kom Osheim (Kom-Ushim); 17. 05. 1978; K. M. Guichard leg. (NHMUK). Material (literature). • South Sinai Governorate: Wadi Ferran, Wadi Hebran, and Mount Sinai (Walker 1871). • Cairo Governorate: Qobba (Koubbeh); 05. 05. 1896; F. D. Morice leg.; as A. nitidicolle (Friese 1897, 1898 a, 1898 b). • Cairo Governorate: Abbassia (Abbascich); 12. – 19. 05. 1896; F. D. Morice leg. (Friese 1897). • 1 ♂; South Sinai Governorate: Ga’a Desert; 20.04. (1902–1904); A. Kneucker leg. (Alfken 1938). Remark. Elshaier and Al-Shahat (2022) carried out chemotaxonomic studies on A. pulchellum based on material collected in Egypt. Details on collecting sites are not provided. Distribution. Afro-Arabian species whose distribution extends from Morocco through Egypt, including Sinai, to Palestine and Jordan, and farther to the Gulf States (Warncke 1980; Ascher and Pickering 2026; Kasparek unpubl.).