New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
Author
Raw, Anthony
text
Zootaxa
2002
2002-09-26
71
1
1
43
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.71.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.71.1.1
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quadrispinosella
Strand
,
new comb.
Megachile quadrispinosella
Strand 1910
: 526
527. Female.
Type
locality: Asuncion,
Paraguay
. From Strand’s observation that the species is similar to
Megachile rhinoceros
Friese 1908
(=
Megachile (Sayapis) mendozana
Cockerell 1907
), a very distinctive species typical of
Sayapis
,
M. quadrispinosella
is tentatively placed in this subgenus.