New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
Author
Raw, Anthony
text
Zootaxa
2002
71
1
43
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.155887
29fc5ef3-a547-4eb8-9753-8085aa3f215e
11755326
155887
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.