A catalogue of the Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Eritrea
Author
Madl, Michael
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2019
2019-12-20
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2
1375
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.3745481
aef9dc5a-e60e-4a66-ac03-27ba7e8b977c
0253-116X
3745481
Megachile
(
Pseudomegachile
)
aduaensis
FRIESE
,
1909
Megachile
(
Chalicodoma
)
aduaënsis
(!) n.sp.:
FRIESE 1909: 109
(tax., biogeogr.), 327 (cat. Africa), 332 (key ♂), 377 (descr. ♂,
Eritrea
without locality), 467 (cat. Africa).
Megachile aduaënsis
(!)
FRIESE, 1909
:
STRAND 1912: 128
(distr.,
Eritrea
without locality).
Megachile aduaënsis
(!)
FRIESE, 1909
:
FRIESE 1915: 109
(tax.), 275 (
Eritrea
without locality).
Chalicodoma aduaënsis
(!)
FRIESE, 1909
:
ALFKEN 1932: 54
(Bischoff compared specimen from
Ethiopia
with
type
,
Eritrea
without locality).
Megachile aduaënsis
(!)
FRIESE, 1909
:
COCKERELL 1937: 137
(tax.,
Eritrea
without locality).
Chalicodoma
(
Pseudomegachile
)
aduaensis
(
FRIESE, 1909
)
:
PASTEELS 1965: 382
(key ♂), 406 (tax., probably synonym of
Ch
.
cyanipennis
GUERIN- MÉNEVILLE, 1845).
Megachile
(
Pseudomegachile
)
aduaensis
FRIESE, 1909
:
RASMUSSEN & ASCHER 2008: 19
(cat. taxa described by Friese).
Megachile aduaensis
Friese, 1909
:
EARDLEY & URBAN 2010: 270
(cat. Afr. reg.).
Distribution: no exact locality.
Megachile aduaensis
is known from
Eritrea
and
Ethiopia
. According to the given name the
type
locality is probably Adua in
Ethiopia
, which is situated near the Eritrean border.
PASTEELS (1965: 417)
described
Chalicodoma vachali
from Adua (
Ethiopia
, not
Eritrea
), which could be the male. There are no further records of
Megachile aduaensis
from
Eritrea
.