Taxonomy
Family: Megachilidae
Subfamily: Megachilinae
Tribe: Anthidiini
Genus: Pseudoanthidium, Friese 1898
Subgenus: Pseudoanthidium, Friese 1898
Species: Pseudoanthidium serratocaudatum (Gupta, Sharma, & Simlote 1993)
Background
Pseudoanthidium serratocaudatum are small, 6 mm bees with black
integumentintegument:
a tough, protective outer layer
and symmetrical yellow markings on their mandibles,
paraocular areaparaocular area:
the area extending along the sides of the face parallel to the eye
,
vertexvertex:
the area between the ocelli and the back of the head
,
scutumscutum:
the large segment on top of the thorax located between the wings and behind the head
, and
tergaterga:
the segments on the top side of the abdomen, often abbreviated when referring to a specific segment to T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, or T7
1-5. They have yellow and black legs and a
pubescencepubescence:
short, fine hair
of short white hairs covering their body, which tends to be thicker on the face. They have transparent to slightly brown wings.
Distribution
Pseudoanthidium serratocaudatum is known from India (
Gupta 1993Gupta 1993:
Gupta, R. 1993..).
Host associations
TEST
Diagnostic characteristics
Test
Nesting behavior
Little is known about the nesting biology of
Pseudoanthidium serratocaudatum but most species of
Pseudoanthidium nest in pre-existing cavities like in wood, stems, galls or crevices (
Litman et al. 2021Litman et al. 2021:
Litman, J. R., Fateryga, A. V., Griswold, T. L., Aubert, M., Proshchalykin, M. Y., Le Divelec, R., Burrows, S. & Praz, C. J. 2022. Paraphyly and low levels of genetic divergence in morphologically distinct taxa: revision of the Pseudoanthidium scapulare complex of carder bees (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 195(4): 1287-1337.).
Known invasives
There are no known invasives.
