Megachile (Argyropile) parallela Smith
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Megachile (Argyropile) parallela Smith
Smith 1853: 191, ♂. Type Locality: Georgia, USA. Type repository: BNHM.
Mitchell 1937: 48 [mandible, genitalia and associated sterna, Pls. V and VI]; 1941: 167 [intersex]; 1943a: 12; 1943b: 661 (Ψ S6, Fig. 18); 1962: 159 [♂ genitalia and associated sterna, Fig. 50, 52 and 55; Fig. 51, mandible of Ψ and ♂] Fischer 1951: 49; 1953: 47 [nesting biology]
Medler & Lussenhop: 1968: 26 [nesting biology]
Ayala et al. 1997: 454 [distribution in Mexico]
Yañez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz 2004: 188 [distribution in Mexico]
facunda Cresson 1872: 266, ♂. Type locality: Texas, USA. Type repository: ANSP. Cresson 1916: 118 [lectotype designation]
Hurd 1979: 2066 [synonymy with parallela]
6-dentata Robertson 1895: 125, ♂. Type locality: Illinois, USA. Type repository: INHS.
verbesinae Cockerell 1908: 264, Ψ. Mitchell, 1937: 57. Type locality: Sonoita, Arizona, USA. Type repository: CAS. Mitchell 1944: 132 [synonymy with parallela]
parallela rita Mitchell 1937: 53, Ψ. Type locality: Mt. Santiago, California, USA. Type repository: USNM.
parallela reta Mitchell 1937: 48, 1943a: 16; misspelling of parallela rita.
asterae Mitchell 1943a: 13, Ψ. Type locality: Kaibab Forest, Utah, USA. Type repository: CAS. [N. Syn.]
tulariana Mitchell 1937: 53, Ψ. Type locality: Tulare, California, USA. Type repository: CUIC. [N. Syn.]
Distribution. Southwestern Canada (British Columbia – Saskatchewan), western USA to North Dakota, Indiana, North Carolina and Florida; Mexico and Costa Rica.
Floral records. Aplopappus, Agoseris, Asclepias— Asclepiadaceae, Aster, Baccharis, Baileya multiradiata, Boltonia, Brassica geniculata— Brassicaceae, Calycadenia multiglandulosa, Ceanothus— Rhamnaceae, Centaurea melitensis, C. solstitialis, Cephalanthus— Rubiaceae, Chrysanthemum, Chrysothamnus paniculatus, C. nauseosus, C. viscidiflorus, Cirsium, Clarkia williamsonii— Onagraceae, Coreopsis grandiflora, C. lanceolata, C. tinctoria, C. palmata, Corethrogyne, Chilopsis linearis— Bignoniaceae, Dyssodia, Encelia virginensis, E. farinosa, Ericameria parishii, Erigeron pygmaeus, Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Gaillardia pulchella, G. suavis, Gilia— Polemoniaceae, Gossypium— Malvaceae, Grindelia camporum, G. inuloides, G. squamosa, Gutierrezia californica, G. sarothrae, Haplopappus squarrosus, H. vernonioides, Helenium bigelovii, Helianthus annus, H. atrorubens, H. gracilentus, H. nuttallii, H. petiolaris, Heliopsis, Hemizonia lobbii, H. wrightii, Heterotheca grandiflora, H. subaxillaris, Hypericum— Clusiaceae, Lepachys, Lippia cuneifolia— Verbenaceae, Lotus scoparius— Fabaceae, Malacothrix tenuifolia, Medicago sativa— Fabaceae, Melilotus alba— Fabaceae, Nepeta cataria— Lamiaceae, Palafoxia linearis, Phaseolus— Fabaceae, Petaloste-mon— Fabaceae, Ratibida columnaris, R. columnifera pulcherrima, Rudbeckia bicolor, Sapindus drum-mondi— Sapindaceae, Senecio douglasii, S. flaccidus, Solidago, Silphium, Stephanomeria exigua, Verbena stricta— Verbenaceae, Verbesina, Viguiera, Xanthocephalum, Zexmenia, Zinnia.
Associated organisms: The mite Trochometridium tribulatum Cross (Acari, Trochometridiidae) has been taken from legs, propodeum and metasoma of females. The same mite species has also been recorded from other ground-nesting bees (P. Klimov, Pers. com).
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Smith
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Genus
- Megachile
- Species
- parallela
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Smith, F. (1853) Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Trustees of the British Museum, 195 pp.
- Mitchell, T. B. (1937) A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic region. Part VI. Taxonomy of subgenera Argyropile, Leptorachis, Pseudocentron, Acentron and Melanosarus (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 63, 45 - 83 (Pls. V - VI).
- Fischer, R. L. (1951) Observations on the nesting habitats of megachilid bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 24, 46 - 50.
- Medler, J. T., & Lussenhop, J. F. (1968) Leafcutter bees of Wisconsin (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Research Bulletin, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Wisconsin, 274, 1 - 80.
- Ayala, R., Griswold, T. & Yanega, D. (1997) Apoidea. In: Bosquets, J. L., Aldrete, A. N. & Soriano, E. G. (Eds.), Biodiversidad, taxonomia y biogeografia de artropodos de Mexico: Hacia una sintesis de su conocimiento. Universidad Nacional Autonomia de Mexico, Mexico D. F., pp. 423 - 464.
- Yanez-Ordonez, O. & Hinojosa-Diaz, I. (2004) La coleccion himenopterologica (Insecta) del museo de zoologia " Alfonso L. Herrera " de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana, 20, 167 - 197.
- Cresson, E. T. (1872) Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 4, 153 - 285.
- Cresson, E. T. (1916) The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 1, 1 - 141.
- Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1979) Superfamily Apoidea. In: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, Jr. P. D., Smith, D. R. & Burks, B. D. (Eds.), Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico, Vol. 2. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1741 - 2209.
- Robertson, C. (1895) Notes on bees, with descriptions of new species. - Third paper. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 22, 115 - 128.
- Cockerell, T. D. A. (1908) Descriptions and records of bees -- XVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1, 259 - 267.
- Mitchell, T. B. (1944) New species and records in Megachile (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 20, 132 - 143.
- Mitchell, T. B. (1943 a) Records and descriptions in the megachilid subgenus Argyropile (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 19, 12 - 16.