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<mods:title>Revision of the leachella group of Megachile subgenus Eutricharaea in the Western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae): A renewed plea for DNA barcoding type material</mods:title>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 67–70" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figures 67 - 70. Megachile viridicollis 67 female metasoma 68 female metasomal tergum 4 69 apex of female clypeus 70 female vertex." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures67-70" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810393" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Figs 67-70</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Morawitz" authorityYear="1875" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile viridicollis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viridicollis">Megachile viridicollis</taxonomicName>
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Morawitz, 1875: 117, ♂,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="только">tolko</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="в">v</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="степи">stepi</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Кизиль">Kizil</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="кумъ">kum</normalizedToken>
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15
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<normalizedToken originalValue="мая">maya</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="восточной">vostochnoi</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="окрайны">okrainy</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="горы">gory</normalizedToken>
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[Caught only once in the steppe of Kyzyl Kum, the 15. May, at the eastern edge of the mountain Karak; Kyzyl Kum does not refer to the Kyzyl Kum Desert, but probably to the locality
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Қызылқұм">Қyzylқұm</normalizedToken>
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, approx. 41.911N 67.988E, Kazakhstan]".
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Material examined.</paragraph>
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material.
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We were not able to examine the
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material of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. viridicollis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. The placement of this species into the
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile concinna</emphasis>
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complex is based on the original description, which mentions that the species is highly similar to "
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. argentata</emphasis>
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" (either
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. pilidens</emphasis>
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or
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="leachella">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella</emphasis>
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), but markedly larger, and with a conspicuous tooth at the base of the mandible. We interpret this tooth as the tooth present just behind the base of the mandible (as in Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 7–14" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 7 - 14. Megachile anatolica 7 female metasoma 8 female metasomal tergum 4 9 female vertex 10 apex of female clypeus 11 dorsal view of head of holotype male 12 front view of male head with distinct tooth behind mandibular base 13 male metasomal sterna 3 - 5 14 male genitalia." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures7-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810385" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">12</figureCitation>
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). We also examined
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<specimenCount type="male">one male</specimenCount>
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specimen identified as
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. viridicollis</emphasis>
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from "
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bei Djulek Turkest. [
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:
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]", identified by
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(who possibly had access to material identified as
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. viridicollis</emphasis>
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by
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<collectorName>Morawitz</collectorName>
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) and perfectly agreeing with the original description of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. viridicollis</emphasis>
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.
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<collectorName>Baygekum</collectorName>
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is located approximately
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NE of the
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<typeStatus>type</typeStatus>
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locality of
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. viridicollis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="viridicollis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. viridicollis</emphasis>
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Other material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
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Eight specimens from
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and
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<collectingCountry name="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</collectingCountry>
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(Suppl. material 1).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">The following description is based on one male specimen from Baygekum and several female specimens from Gazli, Uzbekistan, presumed to be conspecific.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Male</emphasis>
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: Member of the
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile concinna</emphasis>
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complex, as determined by the presence of the tooth behind the mandibular base and the apically simple genitalia. OOD as in European populations of
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. anatolica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="anatolica">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. anatolica</emphasis>
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(as in Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 7–14" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 7 - 14. Megachile anatolica 7 female metasoma 8 female metasomal tergum 4 9 female vertex 10 apex of female clypeus 11 dorsal view of head of holotype male 12 front view of male head with distinct tooth behind mandibular base 13 male metasomal sterna 3 - 5 14 male genitalia." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures7-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810385" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">11</figureCitation>
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), thus nearly as long as interocellar distance. Vestiture particularly long and dense, in particular tergal fasciae thicker and longer. Larger than all other species of the
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<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">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile concinna</emphasis>
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-complex (body length 10 mm).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Female</emphasis>
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: similar to
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. anatolica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="anatolica">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. anatolica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, differs from that species in the following characteristics: larger (body length 11 mm). Vertex laterally covered with short, brownish hairs, so that integument is not visible under vestiture unless the hairs are removed (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 67–70" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figures 67 - 70. Megachile viridicollis 67 female metasoma 68 female metasomal tergum 4 69 apex of female clypeus 70 female vertex." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures67-70" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810393" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">70</figureCitation>
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); punctation dense and fine (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 67–70" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figures 67 - 70. Megachile viridicollis 67 female metasoma 68 female metasomal tergum 4 69 apex of female clypeus 70 female vertex." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures67-70" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810393" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">70</figureCitation>
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). Clypeus apically without teeth, broadly emarginated (as in
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. pilidens" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="pilidens">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. pilidens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) but with a conspicuous, rounded, thickened margin, medially with a small tooth (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 67–70" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figures 67 - 70. Megachile viridicollis 67 female metasoma 68 female metasomal tergum 4 69 apex of female clypeus 70 female vertex." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures67-70" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810393" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">69</figureCitation>
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). Metasoma with snow white vestiture forming particularly dense tergal fasciae and entirely covering the base of T6. Punctation of disc of T4 sparse (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 67–70" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figures 67 - 70. Megachile viridicollis 67 female metasoma 68 female metasomal tergum 4 69 apex of female clypeus 70 female vertex." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures67-70" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810393" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">68</figureCitation>
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), similar to European populations of
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. anatolica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="anatolica">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. anatolica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 7–14" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 7 - 14. Megachile anatolica 7 female metasoma 8 female metasomal tergum 4 9 female vertex 10 apex of female clypeus 11 dorsal view of head of holotype male 12 front view of male head with distinct tooth behind mandibular base 13 male metasomal sterna 3 - 5 14 male genitalia." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures7-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810385" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">8</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures67-70" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810393" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" start="Figures 67–70" startId="F14">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Figures 67-70.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Morawitz" authorityYear="1875" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile viridicollis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viridicollis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile viridicollis</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">67</emphasis>
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female metasoma
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">68</emphasis>
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female metasomal tergum 4
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">69</emphasis>
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apex of female clypeus
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">70</emphasis>
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female vertex.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">So far known only from few specimens from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="143" type="geographic variation and note">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Geographic variation and note.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
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The identity of this taxon remains unclear, as very little material has been studied.
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<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>
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presented sequence data for two populations, one based on several male specimens from the region of Khiva, Uzbekistan (41.33N, 60.35E and 41.36N, 60.35E), and one based on several female specimens from Gazli, Uzbekistan (40.383N, 63.100E); these two populations were genetically strongly divergent (4.1 %). The male specimens from the Khiva region are markedly smaller than the male examined from Baygekum (see above), while the females from Gazli are particularly large for the
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<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">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile concinna</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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complex. It is possible that the populations from Khiva represent transitional populations to
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. anatolica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="anatolica">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. anatolica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Additional research including more material from Central Asia is needed to better delineate this species.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Morawitz" authorityYear="1875" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile viridicollis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viridicollis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Megachile viridicollis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. anatolica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="anatolica">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. anatolica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are genetically closely related, and both may be treated as conspecific, in which case the name
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. viridicollis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="viridicollis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. viridicollis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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would have priority. The striking differences in female morphology lead us to treat both taxa are distinct species.
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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