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. Both species agree on most morphological characters, in particular the modified vestiture on the trochanter and femur of the hind legs (
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<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFA9FFF25DA230EA3442FD45" box="[1016,1150,675,701]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">M. kruegeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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<figureCitation id="A780A696FFA9FFF25AD530ED34D8FD45" box="[1167,1252,675,701]" captionStart="FIGURES 35–40" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1871,1895]" captionTargetBox="[181,1407,453,1845]" captionTargetId="figure-158@16.[181,1407,453,1848]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 35–40. 35. Front view of head of female Megachile levistriga. 36. Front leg of male of M. levistriga. 37. Dorsal view of mesosoma and head of female of M. minutissima. 38. Front view of head of female of M. minutissima. 39. Dorsal view of mesosoma and head of male of M. minutissima. 40. Clypeus of female of M. kruegeri." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5494665" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5494665/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Fig. 40</figureCitation>
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). This condition has not been observed in
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<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFA9FFF25FED30863200FD19" box="[439,572,711,737]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
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<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFA9FFF25FED30863204FD19" authorityName="Spinola" authorityYear="1808" box="[439,568,711,737]" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicalis">M. apicalis</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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including in numerous specimens of the latter species examined from North Africa, suggesting that
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<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFA9FFF25FC530A23218FCFD" authorityName="Friese" authorityYear="1924" box="[415,548,747,773]" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kruegeri">
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<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFA9FFF25FC530A23218FCFD" box="[415,548,747,773]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">M. kruegeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
may represent an isolated taxon, possibly restricted to northern
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<collectingCountry id="47ACFA83FFA9FFF25AA230A53501FCFD" box="[1272,1341,747,773]" name="Libya" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Libya</collectingCountry>
|
||
. Several males from Cyrenaica preserved in the Schulthess collection (ETHZ) have been identified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFA9FFF25AF3315E351BFCD1" authorityName="Spinola" authorityYear="1808" box="[1193,1319,783,809]" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicalis">
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<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFA9FFF25AF3315E351BFCD1" box="[1193,1319,783,809]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">M. apicalis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; they may belong to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFA9FFF25F5C317A31B6FCB5" authorityName="Friese" authorityYear="1924" box="[262,394,819,845]" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kruegeri">
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||
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFA9FFF25F5C317A31B6FCB5" box="[262,394,819,845]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">M. kruegeri</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
. More material from North Africa is needed to evaluate the status of this species, which is for now retained as a valid species.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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