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Megachile (Creightonella) gastracantha Cockerell 1931

  • 1. Agroecology Lab, Brussels Bioengineering School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50, B- 1050 Brussels, Belgium & Ecology, Restoration Ecology and Landscape, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), O. D. Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Rue Vautier 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium alain. pauly 54 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9030 - 9786
  • 3. Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Biology Department, Entomology Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium achik. dorchin @ africamuseum. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1151 - 5926 & University of Mons, Research Institute for Biosciences, Laboratory of Zoology, Place du parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium * Corresponding authors: alain. tshibungu. nkulu @ ulb. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3747 - 3456 Phone number: + 243.814.74.52.56 nicolas. vereecken @ ulb. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8858 - 4623 Phone number: + 32.473.60.35.63
  • 4. Agroecology Lab, Brussels Bioengineering School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50, B- 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Description

Megachile (Creightonella) gastracantha Cockerell, 1931

Creightonella gastracantha (Cockerell, 1931)

Material. Cabinet 110, Drawer 46 (1 ♂). D.R. CONGO —Haut-Katanga • 1 ♂; PNU Kilwezi affl. dr. Lufira; - 9.08, 26.75, alt. 750 m; 9/ 14 Jul. 1948; Mis. G.F. de Witte leg.; RMCA.

Megachile (Creightonella) hoplitis Vachal, 19034

Creightonella hoplitis (Vachal, 1903)

Material. Cabinet 110, Drawer 47 (2 ♀ and 13 ♂). D.R. CONGO. Haut-Lomami • 1 ♂; Lomami: Lulumbo; -5.40, 25.32; Jul. 1930; P. Quarré leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 7 Jan. 1953; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA.— Kasaï • 2 ♂; Luebo; -5.33, 21.40; Jan. / Apr. 1959; F. François leg.; RMCA.— Kasaï Central • 1 ♂; Luluabourg (Kananga); -5.90, 31.23; Jul. 1930; R.P. Vanderyst leg.; RMCA (Holotype for Megachile vanderysti Cockerell, 1935) • 1 ♂; ibid; 1939; R.P. Vankerckhoven leg.; RMCA.— Kongo Central • 1 ♂; Kisantu (Madimba); -5.13, 15.10; 1927; R. P. Vanderyst leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; ibid; Dec. 1927; R. P. Vanderyst leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; Lemfu (Madimba); -5.30, 15.22; 1931; Rév. P. Van Eyen leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; Mayidi (Madimba); -5.18, 15.15; 1942; Rév. P. Van Eyen leg.; RMCA • 2 ♂; ibid; Dec. 1942; Rév. P. Van Eyen leg.; RMCA.— Lomami • 1 ♂; Kabinda; -6.13, 24.48; 1935; Mme. Gillardin leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; Lomami: Kambaye; -6.88, 23.73; Jul. 1930; P. Quarré leg.; RMCA.— Sud-Kivu • 1 ♂; Kalembelembe-Baraka; -4.53, 28.78; Jul. 1918; R. Mayné leg.; RMCA.

Notes

Published as part of Nkulu, Alain Tshibungu, Pauly, Alain, Dorchin, Achik & Vereecken, Nicolas J., 2023, The Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes) of the Democratic Republic of Congo curated at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA, Belgium), pp. 1-103 in Zootaxa 5392 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5392.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10435063

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
RMCA
Event date
1948-07-14 , 1953-01-07
Verbatim event date
1948-07-14 , 1953-01-07
Scientific name authorship
Cockerell
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Megachilidae
Genus
Megachile
Species
gastracantha
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Megachile (Creightonella) gastracantha Cockerell, 1931 sec. Nkulu, Pauly, Dorchin & Vereecken, 2023

References

  • Cockerell, T. D. A. (1931) African Bees of the family Megachilidae, (Gronoceras and Megachile) from Liberia and Belgian Congo. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines, 20 (2), 132 - 179.