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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.221.3234" ID-GBIF-Dataset="b6521187-a030-4b18-8f9d-f35084c9336a" ID-PMC="PMC3487634" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-221-31" ID-PubMed="23129980" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2012" ModsDocID="1313-2970-221-31" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 221" ModsDocTitle="A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini)" checkinTime="1451248746570" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Bzdyk, Emily L." docDate="2012" docId="3E0E3CA5120F9CEE168A8C98BB091B92" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 221: 31-61" docOrigin="ZooKeys 221" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.221.3234" docTitle="Megachile (Litomegachile) coquilletti Cockerell 1915" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="42" masterDocId="CB68FFB2082C476FFFF5FFD7FFFB0B6B" masterDocTitle="A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini)" masterLastPageNumber="61" masterPageNumber="31" pageNumber="40" updateTime="1668154456179" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Bzdyk, Emily L.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2012</mods:date>
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<mods:number>221</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.221.3234</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.221.3234</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-221-31</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152037031" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:3E0E3CA5120F9CEE168A8C98BB091B92" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3E0E3CA5120F9CEE168A8C98BB091B92" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="9" pageNumber="40">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://species-id.net/wiki/Megachile_coquilletti" authority="Cockerell, 1915" authorityName="Cockerell" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile (Litomegachile) coquilletti" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coquilletti" subGenus="Litomegachile">Megachile (Litomegachile) coquilletti Cockerell, 1915</taxonomicName>
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<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="40" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="40">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile mendica subsp. coquilletti" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="mendica" subSpecies="coquilletti">Megachile mendica coquilletti</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation author="Cockerell, TDA" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History" pageId="22" pageNumber="53" pagination="341 - 350" title="Descriptions and records of bees LXVI." url="10.1080/00222931508693649" volume="15" year="1915">Cockerell 1915</bibRefCitation>
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: 535. Holotype male, USA: Texas (USNM).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="41" pageId="9" pageNumber="40" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="40">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="40">
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Female
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile coquilletti" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coquilletti">Megachile coquilletti</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished by the combination of a mandible with an even concavity in between teeth 3 and 4, and a slightly concave T6. It resembles
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile gentilis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gentilis">Megachile gentilis</taxonomicName>
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, which has an angulation between teeth 3 and 4 of the mandible, and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile brevis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevis">Megachile brevis</taxonomicName>
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, which has a much more concave T6 and much less black scopal setae on S6. Male
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile coquilletti" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coquilletti">Megachile coquilletti</taxonomicName>
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are easily distinguished from other
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Litomegachile" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Litomegachile" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Litomegachile</taxonomicName>
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by the foreleg with bicolored tarsomeres; the first 4 apical tarsomeres are yellow, contrasting with the darker basitarsus (Figure 4F). The males of all other species in the subgenus have uniformly brown foretarsi (Figure 4E).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="40">Female. Body length11-12 mm. Mandible 4-toothed, with no angulation between teeth 3 and 4 (Figure 4A). T2-3 with deep transverse basal grooves, T4 with shallow groove. T1-5 with apical fringes of white hair that covers marginal zone; T1-2 with thin fringes of white hair, with white discal pubescence, T3-5 with black discal pubescence. T6 slightly concave in profile and laterally in dorsal view; with black appressed pubescence and black erect setae basally. S1-5 with ivory setae; S6 with some ivory setae basally, mostly black setae (Figure 5B).</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="41" pageId="9" pageNumber="40">
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Male. Body length9-12 mm. Mandible 3-toothed.Ocellocular distance less than ocelloccipital distance (Figure 4C). Foretarsus pale yellow, contrasting with
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<pageBreakToken pageId="10" pageNumber="41" start="start">darker</pageBreakToken>
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basitarsus (Figure 4F). Head and mesosoma with white pubescence. T5 with apical fringe of white hair that covers marginal zone, interrupted medially. T6 with tomentum (Figure 6F); with transverse carina variable in shape, but usually with distinct medial notch and projections; true apical margin with submedial teeth closer to lateral teeth than each other (Figure 6B). Genitalia and hidden sterna shown in Figures 7B1-B4.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="41" type="variability">
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="41">Variability.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="41">
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Male tergal discal pubescence is variable in color. Some female specimens in fresh condition show a slight angulation between mandibular teeth 3 and 4. These may still be differentiated from
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile gentilis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gentilis">Megachile gentilis</taxonomicName>
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by the lack of black setae on S5.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="41" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="41">Distribution of material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="41">USA: California: El Dorado and Yolo Counties (Jun.-Aug.); Nevada: Clark, Humboldt and Lincoln Counties (May-Jul.); Texas: Fayetteville County (Sep.); Utah: Cache, Garfield and Washington Counties (May-Aug.); 42 females, 105 males.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="41" type="ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="41">Ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="41">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile coquilletti" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coquilletti">Megachile coquilletti</taxonomicName>
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was collected in trap nests along the Cosumnes River south of Sacramento, California (
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<bibRefCitation author="Thorp, RW" journalOrPublisher="California Agriculture" pageId="22" pageNumber="53" pagination="20 - 23" title="Long-term studies to gauge effects of invading bees." volume="46" year="1992">Thorp et al. 1992</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="41" type="flower records">
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="41">Flower records.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="41">
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Apocynaceae" genus="Asclepias" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Asclepias speciosa" order="Gentianales" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="speciosa">Asclepias speciosa</taxonomicName>
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(
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<taxonomicName genus="Asclepiadaceae" lsidName="Asclepiadaceae" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" rank="genus">Asclepiadaceae</taxonomicName>
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),
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Cirsium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cirsium vulgare" order="Asterales" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vulgare">Cirsium vulgare</taxonomicName>
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(
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<taxonomicName genus="Asteraceae" lsidName="Asteraceae" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" rank="genus">Asteraceae</taxonomicName>
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),
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Medicago" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Medicago sativa" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sativa">Medicago sativa</taxonomicName>
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(
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<taxonomicName genus="Fabaceae" lsidName="Fabaceae" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" rank="genus">Fabaceae</taxonomicName>
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),
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygonaceae" genus="Polygonum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Polygonum aubertii" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aubertii">Polygonum aubertii</taxonomicName>
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(
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<taxonomicName genus="Polygonaceae" lsidName="Polygonaceae" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" rank="genus">Polygonaceae</taxonomicName>
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),
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Salicaceae" genus="Salix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Salix" order="Malpighiales" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Salix</taxonomicName>
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sp. (
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<taxonomicName genus="Salicaceae" lsidName="Salicaceae" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" rank="genus">Salicaceae</taxonomicName>
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),
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Salvia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Salvia" order="Lamiales" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Salvia</taxonomicName>
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sp. (
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<taxonomicName genus="Lamiaceae" lsidName="Lamiaceae" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" rank="genus">Lamiaceae</taxonomicName>
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),
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Solidago" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Solidago" order="Asterales" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Solidago</taxonomicName>
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sp. (
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<taxonomicName genus="Asteraceae" lsidName="Asteraceae" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" rank="genus">Asteraceae</taxonomicName>
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),
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Tamaricaceae" genus="Tamarix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Tamarix" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Tamarix</taxonomicName>
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sp. (
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<taxonomicName genus="Tamaricaceae" lsidName="Tamaricaceae" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" rank="genus">Tamaricaceae</taxonomicName>
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).
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<subSubSection lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="10" pageNumber="41" type="comments">
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="41">Comments.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="10" pageNumber="41">
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M. coquilletti is a western North American species (Figure 9)
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Figure 9. Distribution of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megachile coquilletti" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coquilletti">Megachile coquilletti</taxonomicName>
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