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<mods:title>Revision of the leachella group of Megachile subgenus Eutricharaea in the Western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae): A renewed plea for DNA barcoding type material</mods:title>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Holotype</emphasis>
♀ (Fig.
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), Greece • Kreta [Crete], Ackerbrachen N Kournas See; 30m a.s.l;
<geoCoordinate degrees="35" direction="north" minutes="20.239" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="35.33732">35°20.239'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="24" direction="east" minutes="16.766" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="24.279434">24°16.766'E</geoCoordinate>
; 4.vi.2012; V. Mauss leg.; (CPCN).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Paratypes</emphasis>
(Suppl. material 1): 16♀ 6 ♂. Greece • ♀; Anatoli [Crete]; 11.vi.2005; Le Goff leg.; G. Le Goff Coll. • ♀; Crete Armeni (N. Rethimnis); 27.vii.2007; Le Goff leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265014; CPCN • ♀; Crete, Paleochora Camping; 0m a.s.l.; 20.x.2011; A.
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leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00264819; CPCN • ♀; Crete, Paleochora Camping; 0m a.s.l.; 13.x.2011; A.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Müller">Mueller</normalizedToken>
leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265010; CPCN • ♀; Crete, Paleochora Camping; 0m a.s.l.; 20.x.2011; A.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Müller">Mueller</normalizedToken>
leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265011; DNA extraction number 536; BOLD: 14514-C03; CPCN • ♀; Crete, Paleochora Camping; 0m a.s.l.; 13.x.2011; A.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Müller">Mueller</normalizedToken>
leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265012; CPCN • ♀; Crete, Paleochora Camping; 0m a.s.l.; 20.x.2011; A.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Müller">Mueller</normalizedToken>
leg.; A.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Müller">Mueller</normalizedToken>
Coll. • ♀; Crete, Paleochora Camping; 0m a.s.l.; 13.x.2011; A.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Müller">Mueller</normalizedToken>
leg.; A.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Müller">Mueller</normalizedToken>
Coll. • ♀; Crete, Sougia, Tamarix; 0m a.s.l.; 14.x.2011; A.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Müller">Mueller</normalizedToken>
leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00264820; CPCN • ♀; Kreta Spili; 6.x.1993; F. Amiet leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265047; CPCN • ♀, 2♂; Kreta [Crete], Agia Galini; 5.x.1993; F. Amiet leg.; F. Amiet Coll. (NMBE) • ♂; Kreta [Crete], Berghang W von Amoudhari;
<geoCoordinate degrees="35" direction="north" minutes="11.926" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="35.198765">35°11.926'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="24" direction="east" minutes="04.396" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="24.073267">24°04.396'E</geoCoordinate>
; 800-1100 m a.s.l.; 8.vi.2012; V. Mauss leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265018; CPCN • ♂; Kreta [Crete], S Stomio Phrygeana an
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;
<geoCoordinate degrees="35" direction="north" minutes="19.35" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="35.3225">35°19.35'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="23" direction="east" minutes="33.04" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="23.550667">23°33.04'E</geoCoordinate>
; 10 m a.s.l.; 10.vi.2002; A.W. Ebmer leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265016; CPCN • ♀; Kreta [Crete], S. Kallikratis Kulturland, obere Olea-Zone;
<geoCoordinate degrees="35" direction="north" minutes="14.34" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="35.239">35°14.34'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="24" direction="east" minutes="15.38" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="24.256332">24°15.38'E</geoCoordinate>
; 700 m a.s.l.; 6.vi.2002; A.W. Ebmer leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265013; CPCN • 2♀, ♂; Kreta [Crete], Spili; 6.x.1993; F. Amiet leg.; F. Amiet Coll. (NMBE) • ♀; Kreta [Crete], Vai 10m Phoenix th-Zone, an Thymus;
<geoCoordinate degrees="35" direction="north" minutes="15.08" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="35.251335">35°15.08'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="26" direction="east" minutes="15.39" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="26.2565">26°15.39'E</geoCoordinate>
; 25.iv.2001; A.W. Ebmer leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265015; CPCN • ♂; Kreta [Crete], W Levka Ori N Vigia, Felssteppe;
<geoCoordinate degrees="35" direction="north" minutes="21.50" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="35.358334">35°21.50'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="23" direction="east" minutes="49.13" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="23.818832">23°49.13'E</geoCoordinate>
; 750-800 m a.s.l.; 7.vi.2002; A.W. Ebmer leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265017; CPCN • ♀; Kreta [Crete], Umg. Von Loutro;
<geoCoordinate degrees="35" direction="north" minutes="11.926" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="35.198765">35°11.926'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="24" direction="east" minutes="04.396" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="24.073267">24°04.396'E</geoCoordinate>
; 10 m a.s.l.; 7.vi.2012; V. Mauss leg.; V. Mauss Coll. • 2 ♂; Graecia Kriti; Iraklio
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; 12.vi.1996; leg. Scaramozzino; Max. Schwarz Coll. (OLML) • ♂; Graecia Kriti; Iraklio Matala; 15-17.vi.1996; leg. Scaramozzino; Max. Schwarz Coll. (OLML) • ♀; Kreta; Matala, Korno-Beach, Sand; 21.10.1996; leg. Stefan Tischendorf; S. Tischendorf Collection.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Restricted to the Island of Crete, Greece.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="143" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Female</emphasis>
: highly similar to southern populations of the nominal subspecies, differs as follows: apical tergal fringes snow white (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 40–45" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figures 40 - 45. Megachile leachella 40 - 43 female vertex 40 UK, M. leachella leachella 41 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 42 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 43 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 44 holotype female of M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 45 holotype female of M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures40-45" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810389" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">44</figureCitation>
), as in most southern European populations of the nominal subspecies; spots of white hairs of disc of T6 reduced to two well-separated spots (Fig.
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), a condition otherwise not frequently observed in
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. Terga 2-6 laterally with numerous erect dark hairs; such dark hairs are present in the UK, in Central Europe and on Sardinia and Corsica, but not elsewhere (e.g., in Greece, Turkey), where dark hairs are restricted to T5-6. Vertex and scutum covered with black hairs intermixed with light hairs. Vertex punctation particularly coarse and sparse (Fig.
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), similar to or even coarser than in the UK (Fig.
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) or central European populations, but unlike in southern Europe, where the vertex punctation is comparatively small and dense (cf. Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 40–45" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figures 40 - 45. Megachile leachella 40 - 43 female vertex 40 UK, M. leachella leachella 41 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 42 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 43 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 44 holotype female of M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 45 holotype female of M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures40-45" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810389" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">43</figureCitation>
). Punctation on disc of T4 comparatively dense (Fig.
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), on average denser than in other populations (Fig.
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), except in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella densipunctata</emphasis>
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ssp. nov. from Cyprus (Fig.
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). There is however considerable variation in this character in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">sensu lato</emphasis>
and the condition observed in Crete is within the observed range of variation in the species.
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ssp. nov. shows a combination of characters present in southern European (in particular the snow white vestiture) and central or northern European populations (dark hairs laterally on the terga, coarse punctation on the vertex).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Male</emphasis>
: nearly identical to the nominal subspecies (Fig.
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); the front tarsal segments 2-4 are more consistently orange, approaching the condition observed in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella densipunctata</emphasis>
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ssp. nov. (cf. Fig.
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) (usually at least partly dark brown in other populations of
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; Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 46–56" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 46 - 56. Megachile leachella 46, 47 male metasoma 46 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 47 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 48 - 52 male front tarsi 48 UK, M. leachella leachella 49 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 50 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 51 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 52 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 53 male sterna 4 - 6 54 - 56 male genitalia 54 UK, M. leachella leachella 55 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 56 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures46-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810390" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">48</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 46–56" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 46 - 56. Megachile leachella 46, 47 male metasoma 46 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 47 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 48 - 52 male front tarsi 48 UK, M. leachella leachella 49 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 50 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 51 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 52 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 53 male sterna 4 - 6 54 - 56 male genitalia 54 UK, M. leachella leachella 55 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 56 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures46-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810390" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">49</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 46–56" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 46 - 56. Megachile leachella 46, 47 male metasoma 46 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 47 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 48 - 52 male front tarsi 48 UK, M. leachella leachella 49 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 50 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 51 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 52 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 53 male sterna 4 - 6 54 - 56 male genitalia 54 UK, M. leachella leachella 55 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 56 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures46-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810390" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">51</figureCitation>
); the preapical process of the gonostylus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 46–56" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 46 - 56. Megachile leachella 46, 47 male metasoma 46 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 47 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 48 - 52 male front tarsi 48 UK, M. leachella leachella 49 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 50 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 51 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 52 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 53 male sterna 4 - 6 54 - 56 male genitalia 54 UK, M. leachella leachella 55 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 56 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures46-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810390" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">56</figureCitation>
) appears to be slightly shorter on average than in the nominal subspecies (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 46–56" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 46 - 56. Megachile leachella 46, 47 male metasoma 46 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 47 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 48 - 52 male front tarsi 48 UK, M. leachella leachella 49 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 50 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 51 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 52 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 53 male sterna 4 - 6 54 - 56 male genitalia 54 UK, M. leachella leachella 55 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 56 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures46-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810390" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">54</figureCitation>
), but only few males were available for study.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures32-39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810388" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" start="Figures 32–39" startId="F9">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Figures 32-39.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Curtis" authorityYear="1828" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leachella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile leachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">32-36</emphasis>
female metasoma
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">32</emphasis>
UK,
<taxonomicName authority="leachella" family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="leachella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella leachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">33</emphasis>
Corsica and Sardinia,
<taxonomicName authority="leachella" family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="leachella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella leachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">34</emphasis>
northwestern Africa,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. albipila" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="albipila">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella albipila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">35</emphasis>
Crete,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. cretica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="cretica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella cretica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">36</emphasis>
Cyprus,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. densipunctata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="densipunctata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella densipunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">37-39</emphasis>
female metasomal tergum 4
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">37</emphasis>
UK,
<taxonomicName authority="leachella" family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="leachella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella leachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">38</emphasis>
Crete,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. cretica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="cretica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella cretica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">39</emphasis>
Cyprus,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. densipunctata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="densipunctata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella densipunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. nov.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures40-45" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810389" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" start="Figures 40–45" startId="F10">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Figures 40-45.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Curtis" authorityYear="1828" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leachella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile leachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">40-43</emphasis>
female vertex
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">40</emphasis>
UK,
<taxonomicName authority="leachella" family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="leachella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella leachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">41</emphasis>
northwestern Africa,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. albipila" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="albipila">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella albipila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">42</emphasis>
Crete,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. cretica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="cretica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella cretica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">43</emphasis>
Cyprus,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. densipunctata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="densipunctata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella densipunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">44</emphasis>
holotype female of
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. cretica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="cretica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella cretica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">45</emphasis>
holotype female of
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. densipunctata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="densipunctata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella densipunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. nov.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures46-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810390" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" start="Figures 46–56" startId="F11">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Figures 46-56.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Curtis" authorityYear="1828" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leachella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile leachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">46, 47</emphasis>
male metasoma
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">46</emphasis>
Switzerland,
<taxonomicName authority="leachella" family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="leachella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella leachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">47</emphasis>
Cyprus,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. densipunctata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="densipunctata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella densipunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">48-52</emphasis>
male front tarsi
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">48</emphasis>
UK,
<taxonomicName authority="leachella" family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="leachella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella leachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">49</emphasis>
Switzerland,
<taxonomicName authority="leachella" family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="leachella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella leachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">50</emphasis>
Corsica and Sardinia,
<taxonomicName authority="leachella" family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="leachella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella leachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">51</emphasis>
Crete,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. cretica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="cretica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella cretica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">52</emphasis>
Cyprus,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. densipunctata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="densipunctata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella densipunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">53</emphasis>
male sterna 4-6
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">54-56</emphasis>
male genitalia
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">54</emphasis>
UK,
<taxonomicName authority="leachella" family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="leachella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella leachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">55</emphasis>
northwestern Africa,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. albipila" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="albipila">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella albipila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">56</emphasis>
Crete,
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. cretica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="cretica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella cretica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. nov.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="143" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">The subspecies epithet refers to the geographic distribution of this taxon, which is probably restricted to the Island of Crete.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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