Anthidium nigricolle Morawitz, 1875

21. Anthidium nigricolle Morawitz, 1875 View in CoL

( Fig. 20a–e View FIGURE 20 )

Anthidium nigricolle Morawitz, 1875b: 50 View in CoL , ♀, ♂.

Type locality: Borjomi ( Georgia).

Published locality: “Borshom. – Akstafa-Thal”.

Lectotype: ♂, designated by Pasteels in Warncke 1980: 165, Borshom. [ Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti Region, Borjomi, 41°50′N 43°22′E] // Anthidium nigricolle . Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [ Collection of F. Morawitz] // GoogleMaps Lectotype Pasteels [J. Pasteels] <red label> // Lectotypus ♂ Anthidium nigricolle Morawitz, 1875 design. Warncke, 1980 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Peterburg INS_HYM_0001430 .

Paralectotypes: 2 ♀, 2 ♂, Borshom. [ Borjomi] // nigricolle Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] ; 1 ♀, Borshom // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Anthidium nigricolle F. Mor., F. Morawitz det .; 1 ♂, Akstafa-Thal [between Agstafa and Tatly] // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [ Collection of F. Morawitz] ; 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (both specimens on the same pin), golden circle // Borshom. // nigricolle Mor. Typ. ♀ ♂ [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Paralectotypus Anthidium nigricolle Morawitz, 1875 design. Warncke, 1980 <identical red labels on each paralectotype specimen>.

Current status. Junior synonym of Pseudoanthidium ( Pseudoanthidium) melanurum ( Klug,1832) View in CoL (synonymised by Warncke 1980: 165).

Distribution. Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Southern and Central Europe, Russia (North Caucasus), Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran ( Warncke 1980; Fateryga et al. 2020; Kasparek 2022).