A review of Trachusoides Michener and Griswold (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Author
Griswold, Terry
text
Zootaxa
2015
3949
1
147
150
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3949.1.10
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1175-5326
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Trachusoides simplex
Michener and Griswold
This inhabitant of Western Ghats is rarely encountered. It has been known only from the
holotype
female from Karnataka State,
India
. Here two specimens, one only
40 km
from the
type
locality, the other extending the range south to the adjacent state of Tamil Nadu, are recorded. The latter specimen differs slightly from the
type
in the presence of a poorly defined, oval, yellow integumental marking in the lower paraocular area.
New record.
1 female
, “S.
INDIA
: Mysore State [Karnataka], Coorg Distr. Mercara [Madikeri]
4000ft
.
V 1973
Nathan” (SEMC);
1 female
, “S.
INDIA
Nilgiri Hills, Devala [Tamil Nadu]
V-
61
P.S.Nathan Collector” (AMNH).