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.
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: Body length
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. Genitalia typical of the
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-group. Integument dark brown, except femora of all legs (orange), tibia 2 and tarsi of mid and hind legs (brown-orange) (
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); in addition, front legs modified as in
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, with tibia orange, front tarsi yellowish-white, second tarsal segment with dark maculation on ventral side; front coxal spine as in
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In contrast to
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, sterna 23 without particularly long hairs. Last antennal segment only very slightly enlarged. Ocelloccipital distance nearly as long as interocellar distance (
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). Punctation on vertex as in
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, on mesonotum very fine and very dense (
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), more so than in
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; preapical carina of T6 with 10 acute teeth. This species appears to be very similar to some Afrotropical species of
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; using the key of
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, this species would run to
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or
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; using the key of
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, it would run to
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Friese 1904
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.
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was synonymized with
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<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95C9730063343FD99" box="[717,895,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">M. malangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFB2FFE95DE230063477FD99" authorityName="Strand" authorityYear="1911" box="[952,1099,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krebsiana">
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95DE230063477FD99" box="[952,1099,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">M. krebsiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFB2FFE95AD7300635A0FD9A" authority="Smith 1853" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1853" box="[1165,1436,583,610]" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frontalis">
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95AD73006352EFD99" box="[1165,1298,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">M. frontalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5B2AC7E2FFB2FFE95B43300935A0FD9A" author="Smith, F." box="[1305,1436,583,610]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" refId="ref25975" refString="Smith, F. (1853) Catalogue of the Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 197 pp." type="book" year="1853">Smith 1853</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(not
<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFB2FFE95E96302231C3FD7D" authority="Fabricius 1804" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1804" box="[204,511,619,645]" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frontalis">
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95E9630223173FD7D" box="[204,335,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">M. frontalis</emphasis>
Fabricius 1804
</taxonomicName>
) by
<bibRefCitation id="5B2AC7E2FFB2FFE95C68302532E1FD7D" author="Eardley, C." box="[562,733,619,645]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" refId="ref24179" refString="Eardley, C. (2013) A taxonomic revision of the southern African leaf-cutter bees, Megachile Latreille sensu stricto and Heria-" type="book" year="2013">Eardley (2013)</bibRefCitation>
, both of which were placed in
<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFB2FFE95A6D30253524FD7D" authority="Michener" authorityName="Michener" authorityYear="1997" box="[1079,1304,619,645]" class="Insecta" genus="Paracella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95A6D30253499FD7D" box="[1079,1189,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Paracella</emphasis>
Michener
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95B7330253113FD51" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">=Anodonteutricharaea</emphasis>
). The
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specimens of
<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFB2FFE95C1530DE333DFD51" authorityName="Friese" authorityYear="1904" box="[591,769,655,681]" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malangensis">
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95C1530DE333DFD51" box="[591,769,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">M. malangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFB2FFE95D6330DE33F1FD51" authorityName="Strand" authorityYear="1911" box="[825,973,655,681]" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krebsiana">
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95D6330DE33F1FD51" box="[825,973,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">M. krebsiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were examined; these taxa belong to the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFB2FFE95F5C30FD31A7FD35" box="[262,411,691,717]" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Eutricharaea">
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95F5C30FD31A7FD35" box="[262,411,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Eutricharaea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, not
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95F8E30FD32F8FD35" box="[468,708,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Anodonteutricharaea</emphasis>
;
<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFB2FFE95C8930FA3359FD35" authorityName="Strand" authorityYear="1911" box="[723,869,691,717]" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krebsiana">
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95C8930FA3359FD35" box="[723,869,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">M. krebsiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is probably not a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFB2FFE95AE130FA35ACFD35" authority="Smith." box="[1211,1424,691,717]" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frontalis">
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95AE130FA3502FD35" box="[1211,1342,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">M. frontalis</emphasis>
Smith.
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3F04BA13FFB2FFE95ECD30993403FCA5" blockId="22.[151,1437,259,969]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">
When submitted to the identification engine on the BOLD platform, the COI sequence obtained for
<taxonomicName id="F8BBC190FFB2FFE95AA530993099FCED" class="Insecta" family="Megachilidae" genus="Megachile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undefined-1">
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95AA530993549FD09" box="[1279,1397,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Megachile</emphasis>
sp. 1
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species was highly similar (&gt;99%) to three unpublished sequences from
<collectingCountry id="47ACFA83FFB2FFE95D8730B5341AFCED" box="[989,1062,763,789]" name="Ghana" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Ghana</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="47ACFA83FFB2FFE95A0730B534D3FCED" box="[1117,1263,763,789]" name="South Africa" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">South Africa</collectingCountry>
; these three sequences were obtained from specimens not identified to species. This high similarity over thousands of kilometers strongly suggests that this species may be a widely distributed Afrotropical species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3F04BA13FFB2FFE95E9D31293199FC79" blockId="22.[151,1437,259,969]" box="[199,421,871,897]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95E9D31293114FC79" bold="true" box="[199,296,871,897]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Female:</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="77A1E998FFB2FFE95E9D31C5328EFC31" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="3F04BA13FFB2FFE95E9D31C5328EFC31" blockId="22.[151,1437,259,969]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">
<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95E9D31C53196FC5D" bold="true" box="[199,426,907,933]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Material examined</emphasis>
:
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<emphasis id="0DCF6601FFB2FFE95FE331C53225FC5D" bold="true" box="[441,537,907,933]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">
<collectingCountry id="47ACFA83FFB2FFE95FE331C53225FC5D" box="[441,537,907,933]" name="Egypt" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">EGYPT</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
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,
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,
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,
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&amp;
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(
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);
<collectorName id="924EDFC5FFB2FFE95BDF31C53134FC31" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">St Katherine</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
,
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<collectingRegion id="FD7F74F1FFB2FFE95F4E31E1316CFC31" box="[276,336,943,969]" country="Egypt" name="Shamal Sina'" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Sinai</collectingRegion>
,
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<collectingDate id="5B41653BFFB2FFE95F0131E131FEFC31" box="[347,450,943,969]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" value="2013-07">vii. 2013</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName id="924EDFC5FFB2FFE95F9731E13274FC31" box="[461,584,943,969]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">O. Norfolk</collectorName>
(
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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