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Subgenus
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<paragraph id="2CC3FA38AA9D4F76D3359CD85F940EDE" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Diagnosis and description.</paragraph>
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In the few species present in the Palearctic, the preoccipital carina is always well developed and constitutes a good diagnostic trait.
<emphasis id="6D7903BC014061A6F85DF0D6A5760432" bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Females</emphasis>
: Females can be recognized by the mandible without cutting edges and by the dull mandibular surface with comparatively few punctures or ridges [the mandible is also dull in some
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<emphasis id="CD33A4CDD4F85940CE44900D9415AE1B" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Chalicodoma</emphasis>
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of the
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<emphasis id="F2453CAB427708E9D1B8E165C73B9742" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Chalicodoma montenegrensis</emphasis>
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group, and to some extend in
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<normalizedToken id="D8CC5F2F86113855266E5AC3EC9949C4" originalValue="Gerstäcker">Gerstaecker</normalizedToken>
, 1869 (Fig.
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)]. The clypeus is always modified in the species of
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present in the Palearctic, either broadly truncate, with truncation wide, shiny, vertical or overhanging the base of the labrum (Fig.
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).
<emphasis id="BB65ABD4BAF07B16908BF2415948B5D7" bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Males</emphasis>
: Males of the species present in the Palearctic always have a front coxal tooth and a quadrate projection along the inferior margin of the mandible. In many
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(but not in
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<emphasis id="D6EA9B1A8C6C42FA26CAFAA7DBE75EA9" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">M. sculpturalis</emphasis>
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Smith, 1853), the first segment of the front tarsi forms a ventral concavity. The preapical carina of T6 is entire, without denticulation. The clypeus is mostly glabrous basally and with a dense fringe of hairs apically; in most other Palearctic
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, the clypeus is entirely covered by hairs.
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<paragraph id="DC95F56AB59543915299FFFFC064AA3C" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Species composition.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C74C3F9BA3EB4D5B205DCAB2DA997A9B" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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<emphasis id="5EF680485182E23768806E07B0F223B5" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Megachile sculpturalis</emphasis>
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, an Oriental species, has recently been introduced to western Europe (
<bibRefCitation id="4DDFAB4EAE8D125BF468E1D7B6B8C007" author="Vereecken, N" journalOrPublisher="Osmia" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="4 - 6" publicationUrl="http://oabeilles.net/wordpress/osmia/osmia-numeros-entiers" refId="B95" refString="Vereecken, N, Barbier, E, 2009. Premieres donnees sur la presence de l'abeille asiatique Megachile (Callomegachile) sculpturalis SMITH (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) en Europe. Osmia 3: 4 - 6, http://oabeilles.net/wordpress/osmia/osmia-numeros-entiers" title="Premieres donnees sur la presence de l'abeille asiatique Megachile (Callomegachile) sculpturalis SMITH (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) en Europe" url="http://oabeilles.net/wordpress/osmia/osmia-numeros-entiers" volume="3" year="2009">Vereecken and Barbier 2009</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="81E108AF155273D87B263669F47602AA" author="Amiet, F" journalOrPublisher="Entomo Helvetica" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" pagination="157 - 159" refId="B4" refString="Amiet, F, 2012. Die Blattschneiderbiene Megachile sculpturalis Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) nun auch in der Schweiz. Entomo Helvetica 5: 157 - 159" title="Die Blattschneiderbiene Megachile sculpturalis Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) nun auch in der Schweiz." volume="5" year="2012">Amiet 2012</bibRefCitation>
,
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,
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); otherwise, only a few species of
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occur on the Arabian Peninsula, including
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<emphasis id="12BB256D22991CC45484C8AF6F56D195" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">M. simonyi</emphasis>
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Friese, 1903 and
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Smith, 1853 among others. At least two further species occur on the Arabian Peninsula; they probably belong to previously described African species. As mentioned above,
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likely does not belong to the Palearctic fauna.
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<paragraph id="A3D450B7B6B43D8B8EAC5C68C05B0772" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Biology.</paragraph>
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Most species of the subgenus
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<emphasis id="914933372A874D78F0AA0D0FBFDEA34C" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Callomegachile</emphasis>
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investigated so far predominantly use resin to build their nests (
<bibRefCitation id="B0CD7FC4A7444CED1D04859CC63E41F1" author="Michener, CD" journalOrPublisher="Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" refId="B57" refString="Michener, CD, 2007. The Bees of the World, second edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland" title="The Bees of the World, second edition." year="2007">Michener 2007</bibRefCitation>
), although other materials (wood chips, mud or even leaf fragments) are sometimes used (
<bibRefCitation id="911C37DAEA0858C3B8EB75980A3C8A59" author="Piel, O" journalOrPublisher="Notes d'Entomologie Chinoise" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" pagination="1 - 8" refId="B72" refString="Piel, O, 1930. Nidification de Megachile monticola Smith, chez Xylocopa rufipes Sm. f, pictifrons Sm. m. Notes d'Entomologie Chinoise 5: 1 - 8" title="Nidification de Megachile monticola Smith, chez Xylocopa rufipes Sm. f, pictifrons Sm. m." volume="5" year="1930">Piel 1930</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="852E560EE65F046B4E407E2314168C26" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Megachile sculpturalis</emphasis>
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nests in existing cavities in wood and uses resin to separate the cells; the nest plug is also built with resin but sometimes covered with a thin layer of mud (
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,
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). Whether mud is also used for the cell partitions is unclear. In contrast,
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appears to build entire cells with mud; the cells are placed in hollow stems (
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). Apparently, a &quot;brown-colored detachable membranous layer&quot; (
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: 58) lines the inside of the mud walls, but it is unclear what this layer refers to as it exhibits a nipple-shaped projection apically, which seems to refer to the cocoon. The floral choices of the widely polylectic species
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have been studied using pollen analyses (
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,
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).
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