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Megachile pusilla
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, 1884
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Perez" authorityYear="1884" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile pusilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusilla">Megachile pusilla</taxonomicName>
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, 1884: 263, ♀ ♂,
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. Lectotype ♀, by present designation (MNHN); paralectotypes ♀ (MNHN), by present designation.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Perez" authorityYear="1895" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile variscopa" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variscopa">Megachile variscopa</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pérez">Perez</normalizedToken>
, 1895: 24, ♀,
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Bône”">&quot;Bone&quot;</normalizedToken>
[Annaba, Algeria]. Lectotype ♀, by present designation. New synonymy.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Cockerell" authorityYear="1920" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile timberlakei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="timberlakei">Megachile timberlakei</taxonomicName>
Cockerell, 1920: 119, ♂ ♀, &quot;Kaimulai [sic]|, Oahu&quot; [Kaimuki, Honolulu, Hawai, USA; introduced]. Holotype ♂ (USNM). New synonymy.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rebmann" authorityYear="1968" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile atratula" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atratula">Megachile atratula</taxonomicName>
Rebmann, 1968: 38, ♂ ♀,
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Rapallo”">&quot;Rapallo&quot;</normalizedToken>
[Italy]. Holotype ♂ (SMFD?), paratypes ♂ ♀ (SMFD). New synonymy.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rebmann" authorityYear="1968" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile striatella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striatella">Megachile striatella</taxonomicName>
Rebmann, 1968: 41, ♂ ♀, &quot;El Kantara&quot; [Algeria]. Holotype ♂ (restricted to genitalia) (SMFD), paratypes ♂ ♀ (SMFD). New synonymy.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Ikudome" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile sudai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sudai">Megachile sudai</taxonomicName>
Ikudome, 1999: 3, ♀, [Okinawa, Japan; introduced]. New synonymy.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
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Type material.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<typeStatus>Lectotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount></specimenCount>
(MNHN) of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. pusilla</emphasis>
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, a well-preserved female, by present designation. The specimen is labeled as follows: 1. &quot;
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[handwritten, handwriting of
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; =
<collectingCountry name="Portugal">Portugal</collectingCountry>
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&quot;
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Museum Paris
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Coll. J.
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1915&quot; [printed]. 3
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.
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design. Malisheva 1989 [printed and handwritten on red paper]; 4. Museum Paris EY0000002295. Two additional females labelled as follows are designated as
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. 1.
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[handwritten, handwriting of
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&quot;
<collectorName>
Museum Paris
<collectorName>
Coll. J.
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1915&quot; [printed]. 3
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.
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<typeStatus>Paralectotypus</typeStatus>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Perez" authorityYear="1884" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile pusilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile pusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<specimenCount></specimenCount>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pérez">Perez</normalizedToken>
des.
<collectorName>C. Praz</collectorName>
2022 [printed and handwritten on red paper]; 4. Museum Paris EY0000002296; and 1.
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&quot;
<collectingCountry name="Portugal">Portugal</collectingCountry>
&quot;
</normalizedToken>
[printed]; 2.
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Muséum">
&quot;
<collectorName>
Museum Paris
<collectorName>
Coll. J.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pérez">Perez</normalizedToken>
</collectorName>
</collectorName>
</normalizedToken>
1915&quot; [printed]. 3
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.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Perez" authorityYear="1884" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile pusilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile pusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<specimenCount></specimenCount>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pérez">Perez</normalizedToken>
des. C. Praz 2022 [printed and handwritten on red paper]; 4. Museum Paris EY0000002297.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<typeStatus>Lectotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount></specimenCount>
(MNHN) of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. variscopa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a well-preserved female labeled as follows: 1.
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Bône”">&quot;Bone&quot;</normalizedToken>
[handwritten, possibly by
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pérez">Perez</normalizedToken>
]; 2.
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Muséum">&quot;Museum</normalizedToken>
Paris Coll. J.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pérez">Perez</normalizedToken>
1915&quot; [printed on blue paper]; 3. &quot;
<typeStatus>Lectotype</typeStatus>
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. variscopa" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="variscopa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. variscopa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pérez">Perez</normalizedToken>
des. van der Zanden 1989&quot; [printed and handwritten on red paper]. 4. &quot;
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brulle" baseAuthorityYear="1839" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile albohirta" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albohirta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile albohirta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
det. van der Zanden 1994&quot;; 5. &quot;
<taxonomicName authorityName="Perez" authorityYear="1884" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile pusilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile pusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
det. C. Praz 2022&quot; [printed and handwritten].
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile albohirta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Brullé">Brulle</normalizedToken>
, 1839) was considered to be conspecific with
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. concinna" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="concinna">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. concinna</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Tkalcu (1993), explaining van der
<normalizedToken originalValue="Zandens">Zanden's</normalizedToken>
identification as
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. albohirta" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="albohirta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. albohirta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.55.11255" author="Praz, CJ" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Hymenoptera Research" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" pagination="1 - 54" refId="B63" refString="Praz, CJ, 2017. Subgeneric classification and biology of the leafcutter and dauber bees (genus Megachile Latreille) of the western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 55: 1 - 54, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.55.11255" title="Subgeneric classification and biology of the leafcutter and dauber bees (genus Megachile Latreille) of the western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.55.11255" volume="55" year="2017">Praz 2017</bibRefCitation>
). One additional female from
<normalizedToken originalValue="Bône">Bone</normalizedToken>
is designated as a
<typeStatus>paralectotype</typeStatus>
. It is labeled as follows. 1.
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Bône”">&quot;Bone&quot;</normalizedToken>
[handwritten, possibly by
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pérez">Perez</normalizedToken>
]; 2.
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Muséum">&quot;Museum</normalizedToken>
Paris Coll. J.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pérez">Perez</normalizedToken>
1915&quot; [printed on blue paper]; 3. &quot;
<typeStatus>Paralectotype</typeStatus>
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. variscopa" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="variscopa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. variscopa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pérez">Perez</normalizedToken>
des. C. Praz 2022&quot; [printed and handwritten on red paper]; 4. &quot;
<taxonomicName authorityName="Perez" authorityYear="1884" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile pusilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile pusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
det. C. Praz 2022&quot; [printed and handwritten].
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Figures 61-66.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Perez" authorityYear="1884" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile pusilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile pusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<specimenCount type="female">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">61</emphasis>
female
</specimenCount>
metasoma
<specimenCount type="female">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">62</emphasis>
female
</specimenCount>
metasomal tergum 4
<specimenCount type="female">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">63</emphasis>
female
</specimenCount>
vertex
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">64</emphasis>
apex of female clypeus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">65</emphasis>
dorsal view of male head
<specimenCount type="male">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">66</emphasis>
male
</specimenCount>
genitalia.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<typeStatus>Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount></specimenCount>
<specimenCount></specimenCount>
(SMFD) of
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. atratula." order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="atratula.">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. atratula.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
The
<typeStatus>holotype</typeStatus>
, indicated to be in
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rebmanns">Rebmann's</normalizedToken>
collection (SMFD) could not be located.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount></specimenCount>
(SMFD) of
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. striatella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="striatella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. striatella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see above).
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<typeStatus>Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount></specimenCount>
<specimenCount></specimenCount>
of
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. striatella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="striatella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. striatella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(SMFD).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
Notes: we did not examine the
<typeStatus>holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. timberlakei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="timberlakei">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. timberlakei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but pictures are available on the online catalogue of USNM (https://collections.nmnh.si.edu; catalogue entry number 536683). The simple gonostylus, typical of the
<taxonomicName authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1879" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile concinna" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="concinna">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile concinna</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex is visible. In addition, two DNA barcodes for specimens collected in Hawaii and identified as
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. timberlakei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="timberlakei">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. timberlakei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are 100% identical with
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. pusilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. pusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
We did not examine the
<typeStatus>type</typeStatus>
material of
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. sudai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="sudai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. sudai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but examined and sequenced specimens from Okinawa kindly sent by H. Nagase; these specimens perfectly agree with
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. pusilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. pusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; see
<bibRefCitation author="Nagase, H" journalOrPublisher="Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" pagination="95 - 95" refId="B49" refString="Nagase, H, 2016. Occurrence of Megachile (Eutricharaea) concinna Smith (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Japan, with some comments on its distribution and morphology. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 22: 95 - 95" title="Occurrence of Megachile (Eutricharaea) concinna Smith (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Japan, with some comments on its distribution and morphology." volume="22" year="2016">Nagase (2016)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="143" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Other material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" country="Argentina" location="Galapagos Islands" specimenCount="54" stateProvince="Crete">
<specimenCount type="generic">54 specimens</specimenCount>
from the following countries:
<collectingCountry name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(introduced),
<collectingCountry isEnumeration="true">France, Greece</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry name="Greece">Greece</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion country="Greece" name="Kriti">Crete</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingCountry name="Italy">Italy</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry name="Japan">Japan</collectingCountry>
(introduced)
<collectingCountry isEnumeration="true">Malta, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia</collectingCountry>
, USA (introduced) (Suppl. material 1).
<taxonomicName authorityName="Cockerell" authorityYear="1920" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile timberlakei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="timberlakei">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile timberlakei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was mentioned from the
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:AFA9E4ED2B4055D3A5F4D0F8DF53B576:58FABBDCB573CDF195E625928C7ACB0D" country="Argentina" name="Galapagos Islands" stateProvince="Crete">Galapagos Islands</location>
(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3956/2012-04.1" author="Rasmussen, C" journalOrPublisher="Pan-Pacific Entomologist" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" pagination="98 - 102" refId="B69" refString="Rasmussen, C, Carrion, AL, Castro-Urgal, R, Chamorro, S, Gonzalez, VH, Griswold, TL, Herrera, HW, McMullen, CK, Olesen, JM, Traveset, A, 2012. Megachile timberlakei Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): Yet another adventive bee species to the Galapagos Archipelago. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 88: 98 - 102, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3956/2012-04.1" title="Megachile timberlakei Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): Yet another adventive bee species to the Galapagos Archipelago." url="https://doi.org/10.3956/2012-04.1" volume="88" year="2012">Rasmussen et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
); identity of these specimens should be checked using DNA barcodes given the challenging identifications in this group; they likely belong either to
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. pusilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. pusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or to
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. concinna" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="concinna">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. concinna</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="143" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
See
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx023" author="Soltani, G" journalOrPublisher="Biological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" pagination="815 - 832" refId="B87" refString="Soltani, G, Benon, D, Alvarez, N, Praz, CJ, 2017. When different contact zones tell different stories: putative ring species in the Megachile concinna complex (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 121: 815 - 832, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx023" title="When different contact zones tell different stories: putative ring species in the Megachile concinna complex (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx023" volume="121" year="2017">Soltani et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 3. Northwestern Africa (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco), southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, France including Corsica, Italy including Sicily and Sardinia, Slovenia, Greece including Crete). Presumed introduced in Madeira (
<bibRefCitation author="Kratochwil, A" journalOrPublisher="Linzer Biologische Beitraege" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" pagination="1213 - 1228" refId="B43" refString="Kratochwil, A, Smit, J, Aguiar, AF, 2018. Updated checklist of the wild bees of the Madeira Archipelago and the Selvagens Islands (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Linzer Biologische Beitraege 50: 1213 - 1228" title="Updated checklist of the wild bees of the Madeira Archipelago and the Selvagens Islands (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)." volume="50" year="2018">Kratochwil et al. 2018</bibRefCitation>
). Introduced in southern America, northern America, Japan, Hawaii, and probably Australia (see note below).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="143" type="geographic variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Geographic variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
Specimens from Algeria and Tunisia have the scopa often partly orange on S5; whether this condition results from introgression with
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leucostoma" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="leucostoma">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leucostoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
remains to be established.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="143" type="notes">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Note.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
A published barcode generated from a specimen collected near Perth, Western Australia (BOLD accession number MSAPB1368-19) is 100% identical to sequences of
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. pusilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. pusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, suggesting that
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. pusilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. pusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has also been introduced into Australia. This specimen is identified as
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. obtusa" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="obtusa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. obtusa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Smith, 1853. We examined a picture of the holotype of
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. obtusa" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="obtusa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. obtusa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(OUMNH); this species has modified front tarsi and does not belong to the same species group as
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. pusilla." order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="pusilla.">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. pusilla.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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