Megachile (Rhyssomegachile)
Authors/Creators
- 1. Undergraduate Biology Program and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
- 2. USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
- 3. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York; Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Description
Key to Species of Rhyssomegachile
FEMALES
1. Carina behind gena continuing onto vertex (fig. 15C, D); dorsum of mesosoma with long (≥2.0× OD), light reddish-brown setae (fig. 15B, C); forewing yellowish with yellow to light brown veins (fig. 15B) ....................... ............................. M. guayaqui Schrottky
— Carina behind gena not continuing onto vertex; dorsum of mesosoma with shorter (≥1.0× OD), yellowish or grayish setae; forewing brownish with dark brown veins........2
2(1).Disc of mesoscutum with punctures distinctly spaced, not contiguous, separated by 1–2× a puncture width (fig. 20D) ................. ............................................... M. urbana Smith
— Disc of mesoscutum with punctures contiguous or nearly so (fig. 4A) ..................... 3
3(2).Ventral surface of mesepisternum and fore- and middle legs with coxae, trochanters, base of femora, and outer surfaces of tibiae and basitarsi densely covered by corkscrewlike setae (fig. 4D, E); clypeus and supraclypeal area finely and densely punctate (fig. 16B); T2–T5 without apical fasciae (fig. 16D); T6 with short, appressed brownishgray setae, without longer, erect setae .......... ......................... M. kartaboensis Mitchell — Ventral surface of mesepisternum and all legs distinctly covered by thick, minutely branched, and apically curved setae (fig. 17C); clypeus and supraclypeal area coarsely punctate (fig. 17A); T2–T5 each with apical fasciae at least laterally (fig. 17D, E); T6 covered mostly by short, appressed yellowish setae from which scattered, longer, erect setae arise ................... M. simillima Smith
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Genus
- Megachile
- Taxon rank
- subGenus