Anthidium (Proanthidium) minimum Pasteels. Additionally 1969

Anthidium (Proanthidium) minimum Pasteels, 1969 Fig. 9 Anthidium amabile Alfken, 1933. – Female, male, Egypt. Type (holotype?) in Berlin (MFN). Junior primary homonym of Anthidium porterae var. amabile Cockerell, 1904. See Niu et al. (2020). Anthidium (Echinanthidium) amabile Alfken, 1933. – Assigned to subgenus Echinanthidium by Pasteels (1969 a). Anthidium (Proanthidium) minimum Pasteels, 1969. – Female, Egypt. Pasteels (1969 b). Anthidium (Proanthidium) minimum Pasteels, 1969. – Synonymy with Anthidium amabile Alfken, 1933 proposed by Warncke (1980). Anthidium (Proanthidium) amabile Alfken, 1933. – Transferred to subgenus Proanthidium sensu Warncke (1980), see Michener (2007). Genetic Barcode ID. BOLD: AFD 5082, generated from DNA sequences from Oman and the United Arab Emirates (Kasparek and Shebl 2025). Material (examined). • 1 ♂; Giza Governorate: Abu Rawash; 30. 07. 1925 (OLL). • 1 ♀; Giza Governorate: Kafr Hakim; 01. 09. 1926 (coll. Warncke, OLL). • 1 ♀ 1 ♂; Sharkia Governorate: Anany-Salha; 09–10.08. 2015; A. Al-Shahat leg. (Elshaier 2022; CMK). • 1 ♀; Cairo Governorate: Maadi; 20–22.02. 1958 (coll. Warncke, OLL). • 1 ♂; Ismailia Governorate: Abu Iraqi; 27. 04. 2026; M. Kasparek & M. Shebl leg. (CMK). • 1 ♀; Suez Governorate: Wadi Kosib, near Ain Sokhna; 11. 05. 2013; A. Al-Shahat (Elshaier 2022; CMK). • 1 ♀; Luxor Governorate: Luxor; 27. 02. 1958; W. J. Putawski leg. (OLL). • 1 ♀; ibid.; iii. 1978; F. D. Parker leg. (CMK). • 1 ♀, South Sinai Governorate: Wadi Qnai SW of Dahab; 18. 03. 2011; S. Risch leg. (coll. S. Risch). • 5 ♀ 2 ♂; South Sinai Governorate: Sharm el-Sheikh; 06. 04. 2018; A. Al-Shahat leg. (CMK). • 2 ♂; South Sinai Governorate: Wadi Khriza (Kheriza); 21. 04. 2012; A. Al-Shahat leg. (Elshaier 2022; CMK). • 8 ♀ 14 ♂; South Sinai Governorate: Wadi Khoshbi; 16–18.04. 2016; A. Al-Shahat leg. (Elshaier 2022; CMK). • 1 ♀; Aswan Governorate: Aswan; 10. 03. 1910; leg. M. Jacquet; holotype of A. minimum (SMF; Pasteels 1969 b). • 1 ♀; ibid.; 05. 10. 1954 (coll. Warncke, OLL). • 3 ex.; ibid. (ZMB, drawer image examined). • 2 ♀ 2 ♂; Aswan Governorate: Edfou; 20. – 22. 02. 1958; W. J. Puławski leg. (OLL). • 4 ♀; Aswan Governorate: Kom Ombo; 16. – 18. 02. 1958 (coll. Warncke, OLL). • 1 ♀; Aswan Governorate: Shellal; 07. 02. 1914; Ebner leg. (coll. Warncke, OLL). Material (other sources; see also under Kasparek and Shebl 2025 and GBIF 2026). • 1 ♀; Giza Governorate: Mansouria; 22. 08. 1925; leg. R. Mabrouk; holotype of A. amabile (collection Ministry of Agriculture, Giza [PPDD]) (Alfken 1933). • 1 ♀; ibid.; 14. 07. 1925 (Alfken 1933). • 1 ♀; ibid.; 30. 08. 1924 (Alfken 1933). • 1 ♀; Giza Governorate: Kafr Hakim; 22. 07. 1925 (Alfken 1933). • 1 ♀; ibid.; 7–8.08. 1924; R. Mabrouk leg. (Alfken 1933; Elshaier 2022). • 1 ♂; ibid.; 14. 07. 1928; Ali Soliman leg. (Alfken 1933). • 1 ♂; Giza Governorate: Abu Rawash; 15. 08. 1925; R. Mabrouk leg. (Alfken 1933). • 1 ♂; ibid.; 17. 08. 1927; R. Mabrouk leg. (Alfken 1933; Elshaier 2022). • 1 ♀; Giza Governorate: Kirdasah; 05. 07. 1925; R. Mabrouk leg. (Alfken 1933). • 1 ♀; Giza Governorate: Barkash (Borgash); 31. 07. 1932, R. Mabrouk leg. (Elshaier 2022). • 1 ♂; Cairo Governorate: Zeiton; 1. 08. 1953; Aly leg. (ASUC; Elshaier 2022). • 1 ♀; Ismailia Governorate: Wasfia; 16. 09. 1925; M. Tawfik leg. (Alfken 1933). • 1 ♀; Ismailia Governorate: Fayed, Great Bitter Lake; 07. 05. 1985; C. Roche leg. (SEMC 2026). • Aswan Governorate: Aswan, material in London Museum (NHMUK) (Monks 2019). • 1 ♂; ibid.; 17. 04. 1921; R. J. Hayward leg.; paratype of A. amabile (“ allotype ”); coll. Alfken according to Alfken (1933), now in ZMB (drawer image examined). • 3 ♂; Aswan Governorate: Abu Simbel; 10. 03. 1978 (van der Zanden 1989). • 1 ♀; Luxor Governorate: Luxor; 28. 02. 1978; F. Parker leg. (SEMC 2026). Friese (1898 a) reported a female and male of A. pulchellum Klug, 1832 from Egypt. It actually belongs to A. minimum (ZMB, drawer photograph examined; see also Alfken 1933; Kasparek and Shebl 2025). Sources for identification. Key in Warncke (1980) as A. amabile. Distinguishing characters from Anthidium amandum Kasparek in Kasparek and Shebl (2025). Fig. 9 herein. Remark. Elshaier (2021) carried out chemotaxonomic studies on A. minimum based on material collected in Egypt (no detailed localities provided). Distribution. The species is distributed from northern Oman and the United Arab Emirates westward across Egypt to Algeria. The distribution of a sibling species, Anthidium amandum Kasparek, is immediately to the south of that of A. minimum and comprises the southeastern flank of the Arabian Peninsula, ranging from Oman through Yemen to southern Saudi Arabia; it is reported as new for Egypt herein. Its range also extends westward to Sudan in Africa (Kasparek and Shebl 2025). Within Egypt, A. minimum is distributed along the Nile River from Upper Egypt to the Delta.