The Anthophorinae (Amegilla Friese, Anthophora Latreille) described by Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

The authors revise the material of Apoidea, Anthophorinae sampled by A.P. Fedchenko in 1869, 1870 and 1871 in Central Asia, all described in a single publication in 1875. This collection is conserved partly in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg (ZISP) and partly in the Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU). Each species is represented by photographs of type specimens. Discovered holotypes and paratypes are presented. Numerous lectotypes and paralectotypes are designated as well as several neotypes. Some formerly designated lectotypes are invalidated as they were not designated based on valid syntypes. All locations sampled by Fedchenko are presented, on the basis of unpublished personal notes from this author. Precise geographical coordinates are determined. The original key included in Fedchenko (1875) is translated. Aside from its historical importance, it is also the only available key for Central Asian Anthophorinae species. Holotypes were located for the following species: Anthophora bogdanowi, A. similis, A. bifasciata, A. clavicornis, A. clessini, A. excelsa, A. heinemanni, A. kochi, A. stschurowskyi and A. turanica. Lectotypes are newly designated or confirmed for the following species described by Fedchenko: Anthophora abramowi, A. barbipes, A. erschowi, A. flavescens, A. freimuthi, A. kaufmanni, A. kessleri, A. kronebergi, A. loewi, A. mac-lachlani, A. magnilabris, A. martensi, A. melanopyga, A. meridionalis, A. montivaga, A. murina, A. muscaria, A. olgae, A. oschanini, A. picicornis, A. radoszkowskyi, A. ruficornis, A. saussurei, A. semperi, A. solskyi, A. strauchi, A. tarsidens, A. uljanini and A. velocissima. In order to resolve taxonomic issues, neotypes are proposed: Anthophora (Heliophila) bimaculata (Panzer, 1798); A. (Lophanthophora) freimuthi Fedchenko, 1875; A. (Heliophila) fulvodimidiata Dours, 1869; A. (Pyganthophora) senilis Eversmann, 1846. We additionally designate lectotypes for some taxa not described by Fedchenko: Anthophora (Lophanthophora) agama Radoszkowski, 1868; Amegilla (Zebramegilla) albigena (Lepeletier, 1841); Anthophora (Paramegilla) albomaculata Radoszkowski, 1874; A. (Paramegilla) carbonaria Morawitz, 1876; A. (Paramegilla) faddei Radoszkowski, 1882; A. (Paramegilla) fedchenkoi Radoszkowski, 1871; A. (Anthophora) fulvitarsis Brullé, 1833 ; A. (Pyganthophora) pedata Eversmann, 1852; A. (Melea) plagiata (Illiger, 1806); A. (Pyganthophora) segnis Eversmann, 1852; A. (Pyganthophora) sichelii Radoszkowski, 1868; A. (Paramegilla) superans Walker, 1871 and A. (Lophanthophora) usbekistana Cockerell, 1930. Anthophora heinemanni Fedchenko n. syn. and A. kochi Fedchenko n. syn. are synonymised with Anthophora (Anthophora) clessini Fedchenko; Anthophora usbekistana Cockerell n. syn. and Anthophora Oschanini Fedchenko n. syn. are synonymised with Anthophora (Lophanthophora) freimuthi Fedchenko; Anthophora tarsidens Fedchenko n. syn. and Anthophora prshewalskyi Morawitz, 1880 n. syn. are synonymised with Anthophora (Paramegilla) segnis Eversmann, 1852. Anthophora erschowi Fedchenko and Anthophora dubia Eversmann, 1852 are considered to be nomina dubia. Amegilla (Micramegilla) picicornis Fedchenko stat. rev. and Anthophora (Paramegilla) albomaculata Radoszkowski stat. rev. are returned to species status. The paper includes 517 original photos and 17 drawings.

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