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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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<taxonomicName LSID="https://zoobank.org/5F018807-57B4-4129-8C37-D4D76A9CA9B6" authority="Praz, new subspecies" authorityName="Praz, new subspecies" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile leachella subsp. densipunctata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="densipunctata">Megachile leachella densipunctata Praz, new subspecies</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Holotype</emphasis>
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♀ (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 40–45" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figures 40 - 45. Megachile leachella 40 - 43 female vertex 40 UK, M. leachella leachella 41 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 42 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 43 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 44 holotype female of M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 45 holotype female of M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures40-45" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810389" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">45</figureCitation>
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), Cyprus • 8 km N Pafos, Mavrokolympos Res.;
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.40" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.4">32.40°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; (CPCN).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Paratypes</emphasis>
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(Suppl. material 1): 27♀ 19 ♂, Cyprus • ♂; 15 km SE Pafos, Kouklia;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.72" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.72">34.72°N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.55" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.55">32.55°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265023; CPCN • ♂; 15 km SE Pafos, Kouklia;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.72" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.72">34.72°N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.55" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.55">32.55°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265025; CPCN • ♂; 15 km SE Pafos, Kouklia;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.72" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.72">34.72°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.55" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.55">32.55°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265026; CPCN • ♂; 15 km SE Pafos, Kouklia;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.72" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.72">34.72°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.55" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.55">32.55°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; A.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Müller">Mueller</normalizedToken>
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Coll. • 2♀ 2♂; 15 km SE Pafos, Kouklia;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.72" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.72">34.72°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.55" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.55">32.55°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; C. Schmid-Egger leg.; C. Schmid-Egger Coll. • ♀; 1 kmSE Pano Panagia, Quercus infectoria-Zone; 34.54(.32)°N, 32.37(.34)°E; 800 m a.s.l.; 6.vi.2013; A. W. Ebmer leg.; A. W. Ebmer Coll. • ♀; 20 km NNW Pafos, Lara Beach;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.94" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.94">34.94°N</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265019; CPCN • ♀; 20 km NNW Pafos, Lara Beach;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.94" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.94">34.94°N</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265020; CPCN • ♀; 20 km NNW Pafos, Lara Beach;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.94" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.94">34.94°N</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265021; CPCN • ♀; 20 km NNW Pafos, Lara Beach;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.94" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.94">34.94°N</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265022; CPCN • ♀; 20 km NNW Pafos, Lara Beach;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.94" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.94">34.94°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.31" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.31">32.31°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; A.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Müller">Mueller</normalizedToken>
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Coll. • ♀; 20 km NNW Pafos, Lara Beach;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.94" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.94">34.94°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.31" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.31">32.31°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; OLML • ♂; 20 km NNW Pafos, Lara Beach;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.94" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.94">34.94°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.31" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.31">32.31°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265027; CPCN • ♂; 20 km NNW Pafos, Lara Beach;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.94" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.94">34.94°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.31" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.31">32.31°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; OLML • 6♀ 2♂; 20 km NNW Pafos, Lara Beach;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.94" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.94">34.94°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.31" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.31">32.31°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; C. Schmid-Egger leg.; C. Schmid-Egger Coll. • ♀; 6 km W Polis, botanical Garden;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="35.03" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="35.03">35.03°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.37" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.37">32.37°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; C. Schmid-Egger leg.; C. Schmid-Egger Coll. • ♂; 8 km N Pafos, Mavrokolympos Res.;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.85" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.85">34.85°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.40" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.4">32.40°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; Schmid-Egger leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265028; CPCN • 2♀ 1♂; 8 km N Pafos, Mavrokolympos Res.;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.85" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.85">34.85°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.40" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.4">32.40°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 20.vi.2013; C. Schmid-Egger leg.; C. Schmid-Egger Coll. • ♂; ca 5 km N Lemithou Pinus-Zone;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34" direction="north" minutes="58.08" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="34.968">34°58.08'N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="east" minutes="48.27" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="32.8045">32°48.27'E</geoCoordinate>
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; 1170 m a.s.l.; 15.vi.2013; A.W. Ebmer leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265035; CPCN • 2♀; ca 5 km N Lemithou Pinus-Zone;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34" direction="north" minutes="58.08" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="34.968">34°58.08'N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="east" minutes="48.27" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="32.8045">32°48.27'E</geoCoordinate>
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; 1170 m a.s.l.; 15.vi.2013; A. W. Ebmer leg.; A. W. Ebmer Coll. • ♀; ca 5 km N Lemithou Pinus-Zone,;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34" direction="north" minutes="58.08" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="34.968">34°58.08'N</geoCoordinate>
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; 1170 m a.s.l.; 15.vi.2013; A.W. Ebmer leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265030; CPCN • 3♂; Moni Troodotissa Umg. P. brutia/Qu. alnifolia/Arbustus andrachne-Zone; 1350 m a.s.l.; 16.vi.2013; A. W. Ebmer leg.; A. W. Ebmer Coll. • ♀; NE Nata, Ufer des
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/Obstgarten;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="east" minutes="35.38" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="32.58967">32°35.38'E</geoCoordinate>
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; 130 m a.s.l.; 7.vi.2013; A.W. Ebmer leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265033; CPCN • 2♀; S Kakopetria, E Platania, P. Brutia/Qu. alnifolia/A.andrachne;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34" direction="north" minutes="56.54" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="34.942333">34°56.54'N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="east" minutes="55.59" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="32.9265">32°55.59'E</geoCoordinate>
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; 1200 m a.s.l.; 12.vi.2013; A. W. Ebmer leg.; A. W. Ebmer Coll. • ♀; S Kakopetria, E Platania, P. Brutia/Qu. alnifolia/A.andrachne;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34" direction="north" minutes="56.54" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="34.942333">34°56.54'N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="east" minutes="55.59" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="32.9265">32°55.59'E</geoCoordinate>
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; 130 m a.s.l.; 12.vi.2013; A.W. Ebmer leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265031; CPCN • ♀; Strasse Prodromos>Troodos, an
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Lotus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lotus corniculatus" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="corniculatus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Lotus corniculatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34" direction="north" minutes="56.55" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="34.9425">34°56.55'N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="east" minutes="51.01" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="32.850166">32°51.01'E</geoCoordinate>
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; 1550 m a.s.l.; 16.vi.2013; A.W. Ebmer leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265032; CPCN • ♂; Troodos Mt. Olympos;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.93" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="34.93">34.93°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.86" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="32.86">32.86°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 1900 m a.s.l.; 20.vi.2013; C. Schmid-Egger leg.; C. Schmid-Egger Coll. • ♂; W Polis, ca. 3 kmW Neo Chorio, Ag. Minas ruderal/Feuchstelle; 35°01(.23)'N, 32°20(.36)'E; 240 m a.s.l.; 5.vi.2013; A.W. Ebmer leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265034; CPCN • ♀; 2011; Sedivy &
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Müller">Mueller</normalizedToken>
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leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265024; DNA extraction number 538; BOLD 14514D09; CPCN • ♂; 2011; Sedivy &
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leg.; Unique identifier: GBIFCH00265036; DNA extraction number 537; CPCN • ♀; Limassol Cherkes Chiftlik; Site 1 36SVD9916334336; 1.ix.2017; A. Varnava leg.; Unique identifier: AV-17-01331; A. Varnava Collection • ♀; Limassol Cherkes Chiftlik; Site 1 36SVD9916334336; 15.vii.2016; A. Varnava leg.; Unique identifier: AV-16-00324; CPCN • ♂; Limassol Cherkes Chiftlik; Site 3 36SVD99003334989; 21.ix.2017; A. Varnava leg.; Unique identifier: AV-17-01382; A. Varnava Collection • ♂ SBA Akrotiri, Site 1 36SVD9735128734; 1.ix.2017; A. Varnava leg.; Unique identifier: AV-17-01296; A. Varnava Collection • ♂ SBA Akrotiri, Site 1 36SVD9735128734; 1.ix.2017; A. Varnava leg.; Unique identifier: AV-17-01299; CPCN • ♂; Limassol Cherkes Chiftlik; Site 1 36SVD9916334336; 1.ix.2017; A. Varnava leg.; Unique identifier: AV-17-01335; A. Varnava Collection • ♂; Limassol Cherkes Chiftlik; Site 1 36SVD9916334336; 1.ix.2017; A. Varnava leg.; Unique identifier: AV-17-01330; CPCN • ♀; [Cyprus] Unique identifier: AV-16-01878; A. Varnava Collection • ♀; [Cyprus] Unique identifier: AV-16-02182; A. Varnava Collection • ♀; Chlorana (pan trap);
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; 18.10.2021; leg. V. Soon; Natural History Museum of the University of Tartu • ♀; Akrotiri;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="34.6346" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="34.6346">34.6346°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32.9198" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="32.9198">32.9198°E</geoCoordinate>
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; 16.10.2021; leg. V. Soon; Natural History Museum of the University of Tartu.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Restricted to Cyprus.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Female</emphasis>
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: similar to southern populations of the nominal subspecies, differs as follows: apical tergal fringes yellowish white (Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 32–39" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 32 - 39. Megachile leachella 32 - 36 female metasoma 32 UK, M. leachella leachella 33 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 34 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 35 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 36 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 37 - 39 female metasomal tergum 4 37 UK, M. leachella leachella 38 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 39 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures32-39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810388" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">36</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 40–45" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figures 40 - 45. Megachile leachella 40 - 43 female vertex 40 UK, M. leachella leachella 41 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 42 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 43 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 44 holotype female of M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 45 holotype female of M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures40-45" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810389" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">45</figureCitation>
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), not snow white as in most southern European populations (e.g., Greece, Turkey) of the nominal subspecies; spots of white hairs of disc of T6 large (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 32–39" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 32 - 39. Megachile leachella 32 - 36 female metasoma 32 UK, M. leachella leachella 33 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 34 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 35 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 36 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 37 - 39 female metasomal tergum 4 37 UK, M. leachella leachella 38 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 39 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures32-39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810388" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">36</figureCitation>
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), unlike in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella cretica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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ssp. nov., but as in southern European populations; Terga 3-6 laterally with dark hairs (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 32–39" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 32 - 39. Megachile leachella 32 - 36 female metasoma 32 UK, M. leachella leachella 33 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 34 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 35 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 36 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 37 - 39 female metasomal tergum 4 37 UK, M. leachella leachella 38 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 39 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures32-39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810388" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">36</figureCitation>
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), approaching the condition observed in
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. cretica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="cretica">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella cretica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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ssp. nov. Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 32–39" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 32 - 39. Megachile leachella 32 - 36 female metasoma 32 UK, M. leachella leachella 33 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 34 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 35 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 36 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 37 - 39 female metasomal tergum 4 37 UK, M. leachella leachella 38 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 39 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures32-39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810388" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">35</figureCitation>
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) but unlike in southern European populations of the nominal subspecies. Vertex punctation small and dense (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 40–45" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figures 40 - 45. Megachile leachella 40 - 43 female vertex 40 UK, M. leachella leachella 41 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 42 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 43 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 44 holotype female of M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 45 holotype female of M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures40-45" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810389" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">43</figureCitation>
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), as in southern European populations, but unlike in
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. cretica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="cretica">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella cretica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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ssp. nov. The most striking feature characterizing
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. densipunctata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="densipunctata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella densipunctata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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ssp. nov. is the particularly dense punctation of the terga, especially the disc of T4 (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 32–39" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 32 - 39. Megachile leachella 32 - 36 female metasoma 32 UK, M. leachella leachella 33 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 34 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 35 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 36 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 37 - 39 female metasomal tergum 4 37 UK, M. leachella leachella 38 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 39 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures32-39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810388" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">39</figureCitation>
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); moreover, the terga are conspicuously impressed basally (Figs
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 32–39" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 32 - 39. Megachile leachella 32 - 36 female metasoma 32 UK, M. leachella leachella 33 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 34 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 35 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 36 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 37 - 39 female metasomal tergum 4 37 UK, M. leachella leachella 38 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 39 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures32-39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810388" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">36</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 32–39" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 32 - 39. Megachile leachella 32 - 36 female metasoma 32 UK, M. leachella leachella 33 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 34 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 35 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 36 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 37 - 39 female metasomal tergum 4 37 UK, M. leachella leachella 38 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 39 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures32-39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810388" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">39</figureCitation>
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). Such dense punctation and impressed basis are otherwise not observed in
|
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="leachella">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">sensu lato</emphasis>
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; specimens from Israel also have comparatively dense tergal punctation, approaching the condition observed in
|
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella subsp. densipunctata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="subSpecies" species="leachella" subSpecies="densipunctata">
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||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella densipunctata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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ssp. nov.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Male</emphasis>
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: nearly identical to the nominal subspecies, differs as follows: light vestiture of terga particularly developed, forming two conspicuous bands of hairs, one basally and one apically (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 46–56" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 46 - 56. Megachile leachella 46, 47 male metasoma 46 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 47 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 48 - 52 male front tarsi 48 UK, M. leachella leachella 49 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 50 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 51 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 52 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 53 male sterna 4 - 6 54 - 56 male genitalia 54 UK, M. leachella leachella 55 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 56 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures46-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810390" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">47</figureCitation>
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); in particular the disc of T5 is nearly entirely covered with light hairs, unlike in most other populations of
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="leachella">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">sensu lato</emphasis>
|
||
; specimens from Israel have similar tergal vestiture. Terga basally strongly impressed, so that disc is concave basally and strongly convex apically (Fig.
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 46–56" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 46 - 56. Megachile leachella 46, 47 male metasoma 46 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 47 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 48 - 52 male front tarsi 48 UK, M. leachella leachella 49 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 50 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 51 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 52 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 53 male sterna 4 - 6 54 - 56 male genitalia 54 UK, M. leachella leachella 55 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 56 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures46-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810390" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">47</figureCitation>
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); in all other populations of
|
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="leachella">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
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, disc nearly flat. Front tarsal segments 2-4 consistently orange (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 46–56" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 46 - 56. Megachile leachella 46, 47 male metasoma 46 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 47 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 48 - 52 male front tarsi 48 UK, M. leachella leachella 49 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 50 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 51 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 52 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 53 male sterna 4 - 6 54 - 56 male genitalia 54 UK, M. leachella leachella 55 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 56 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures46-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810390" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">52</figureCitation>
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) (usually at least partly dark brown in other populations of
|
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<taxonomicName family="Megachilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. leachella" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="143" rank="species" species="leachella">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">M. leachella</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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; Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 46–56" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 46 - 56. Megachile leachella 46, 47 male metasoma 46 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 47 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 48 - 52 male front tarsi 48 UK, M. leachella leachella 49 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 50 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 51 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 52 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 53 male sterna 4 - 6 54 - 56 male genitalia 54 UK, M. leachella leachella 55 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 56 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures46-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810390" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">48</figureCitation>
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,
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 46–56" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 46 - 56. Megachile leachella 46, 47 male metasoma 46 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 47 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 48 - 52 male front tarsi 48 UK, M. leachella leachella 49 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 50 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 51 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 52 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 53 male sterna 4 - 6 54 - 56 male genitalia 54 UK, M. leachella leachella 55 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 56 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures46-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810390" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">49</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 46–56" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 46 - 56. Megachile leachella 46, 47 male metasoma 46 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 47 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 48 - 52 male front tarsi 48 UK, M. leachella leachella 49 Switzerland, M. leachella leachella 50 Corsica and Sardinia, M. leachella leachella 51 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov. 52 Cyprus, M. leachella densipunctata ssp. nov. 53 male sterna 4 - 6 54 - 56 male genitalia 54 UK, M. leachella leachella 55 northwestern Africa, M. leachella albipila 56 Crete, M. leachella cretica ssp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.95.96796.figures46-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/810390" pageId="0" pageNumber="143">51</figureCitation>
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). Genitalia as in the nominal subspecies.
|
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</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="143" type="etymology">
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="143">The subspecies epithet refers to the particularly dense punctation of the terga of the female.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |