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Megachile nigripennis Spinola, new combination

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Description

nigripennis Spinola, new combination by association

Megachile nigripennis Spinola 1841: 143. Female. Type locality: Cayenne, French Guiana.

Megachile hypocrita Smith 1853: 184 ­184. Female. Type locality: Pará [Brazil]. Type repository: BMNH 17a2460. Examined. NEW SYNONYMY.

Megachile totonaca Cresson 1878: 117. Female. Type locality: Mexico. Type repository: ANSP 2422. Examined. NEW SYNONYMY.

Megachile proserpina Schrottky 1908: 233 ­234. Female. Type locality: Asunción, Paraguay. Synonymy of Schwarz 1934: 21.

Megachile fumicosta Strand 1910: 537. Male. Type locality: Villa Mora, Paraguay. Synonymy of Mitchell 1934: 303.

Megachile vernoniae Schrottky 1913a: 248. Male. Type locality:Assumpção/ Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Synonym of M. fumicosta Strand. See Schrottky 1920a: 23 ­24.

Megachile (Melanosarus) proserpina Mitchell 1943: 663.

Notes

Published as part of Raw, Anthony, 2002, New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 71 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.71.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/155887

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Megachilidae
Genus
Megachile
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Spinola
Species
nigripennis
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Spinola, M. (1841) Hymenopteres recueillis a Cayenne par M. Leprieur, pharmacien de la marine royale. Annales da la Societe entomologique de la France, 19, 85 - 149.
  • Smith, F. (1853) Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Trustees of the British Museum, 195 pp.
  • Cresson, E. T. (1878) Descriptions of new North America Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 7, 61 - 136.
  • Schrottky, C. (1908) Nuevos Himenopteros. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina, 65, 233 - 237.
  • Schwarz, H. F. (1934) The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates, (722), 1 - 24.
  • Strand, E. (1910) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Hymenopterenfauna von Paraguay auf Grund der Sammlungen und Beobachtungen von Prof. J. D. Anisits. VII, Apidae. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Jena. 29, 455 - 562.
  • Mitchell, T. B. (1934) A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part I. Classification and Descriptions of New Species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 59, 295 - 361 + 2 plates.
  • Schrottky, C. (1913 a) As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile (Hymenoptera). Revista do Museu Paulista, 9, 134 - 223.
  • Schrottky, C. (1920 a) Himenopteros nuevos o poco conocidos sudamericanos. Revista do Museu Paulista, 12, 3 - 51.
  • Mitchell, T. B. (1943) On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 36, 656 - 671.