Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a Biological Catalogue of the Genus Megachile of the Neotropics Anthony Raw



Download 0.92 Mb.
Page16/23
Date14.05.2017
Size0.92 Mb.
#18143
1   ...   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   ...   23

Subgenus Moureapis Raw


Megachile (Moureapis) Raw 2002 #7: 23. New name.

Pseudocentron (Moureana) Mitchell 1980: 56. Type species: Megachile anthidioides Radozkowsky 1874: 147. [Monotypic]. Pre-occupied by Moureana Zajciw 1967: 527. Type species: Moureana unicolor Zajciw 1967. By original designation.

Megachile (Pseudocentron) anthidioides Mitchell 1943b: 664.

Megachile (Moureana) Michener et al 1994: 149, Michener 2000: 561.

Megachile (Willinkella) anthidioides Laroca et al 1982: 98. Replacement name; pre-occupied.

Megachile (Acentrina) Schlindwein 1995: 97 & 98. Acentrina is a nomem nudum.

The 31 species of the subgenus ranges from Mexico to Argentina. Nineteen are known from Brazil. Of the species now included in Moureapis eight previously belonged to the subgenus Pseudocentron and three belonged to Leptorachis.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) adempta Cockerell

Megachile adempta Cockerell 1931c: 538-539. Female. Type locality: Chichenitza, Yucatán, Mexico (Bequaert). Type repository: MCZ 16266. Examined.

Megachile (Moureana) adempta Ayala et al 1997: 455 (D).

Megachile (Moureapis) adempta Raw 2002 #7: 23.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cockerell 1932: 13-14 (K).

DISTRIBUTION. MEXICO: YU.


  1. Megachile (Moureapis) agilis Smith

Megachile agilis Smith 1879: 73. Male. Type locality: St. Paulo [de Olivença] on the Amazons, Brasil. Type repository: NHML 17a2449. Examined.

Megachile (Moureapis) agilis Raw 2002 #7: 23.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: AM.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) ampla Mitchell

Megachile ampla Mitchell 1930: 212-213. Female. Type locality: Buenavista, Bolivia. Type repository: Meyer.

Megachile (Leptorachis) ampla Mitchell 1943b: 663.

Megachile (Moureapis) ampla Raw 2002 #7: 23.

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Buenavista. BRAZIL: AC- Rio Branco valley; RO- Vila Rondônia. PERU: Putumayo, Mocoa (600m).




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) angusta Mitchell

Megachile angusta Mitchell 1930: 241-242. Male. Type locality: Prieta, Republic of Honduras, 5 April 1924. Type repository: Meyer.

Megachile (Moureana) angusta Ayala et al 1997: 455.

Megachile (Moureapis) angusta Raw 2002 #7: 23.

DISTRIBUTION. HONDURAS. MEXICO: CA; HI.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) anthidioides Radoszkowski

Megachile anthidioides Radoszkowski 1874: 147. Female. Type locality: Brazil, Amazonia. Type repository: St. Petersburg ?

Megachile (Pseudocentron) anthidioides Mitchell 1943b: 664.

Pseudocentron (Moureana) anthidioides Mitchell 1980: 56. [Type species; monotypic].

Megachile (Willinkella) anthidioides Laroca et al 1982: 98. (Pre-occupied.)

Megachile (Moureapis) anthidioides Raw 2002 #7: 23.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Alfken 1930: 11 (D). Cockerell 1905: 341 (K). Friese 1908a: 63 (K), 64 (D, L); 1911: 265 (R-F); 1916: 298 (D) (misdetermination ?). Gerstaecker 1863: 147 (R- F). Jensen-Haarup 1908: 105 (F). Jörgensen 1912a: 124 (D), 133 & 134 (K); 1912b: 310 (D). Mitchell 1930: 238 (D). Schrottky 1902: 437-438 (D, L, R-FM); 1913a: Schrottky 1913a: 142 (K), 180 (D), 246 (D); 1920: 22 (D). Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA: BA; ER- Paraná, LP- Santa Rosa; ME- Mendoza; MI. BRAZIL: BA- Iguaçú (300 km W Salvador), MG- Barbacena, PR; RJ- Itatiaia, RS- Neu Wurtemburg; SC- Blumenau, Nova Teutônia, SP- Alto da Serra, Barbacena, Campinas, Campos de Jordão, Jundiaí, São Paulo, Rincão, Rio Feio, Vila Ema, Vitória de Botucatú. PARAGUAY: Alto Paraná, Puerto Bertoni, Villarrica. COSTA RICA: San José (misdetermination ?).

FLOWERS. Senecio.

LIFE HISTORY. In Mendoza adults are active November to January.

Megachile anthidioides Cockerell 1936: 250. Holmberg 1903: 434. Friese 1906: 31. Strand 1909: 228; 1910: 526. Moure 1944c: 40.

None of the above authors mentioned seeing the type of Radoszkowski's species. The discussion on this species is included under M. macularis Dalla Torre.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) apicipennis Schrottky

Megachile apicipennis Schrottky 1902: 442-443. Female. Type locality: Belém, S. Paulo [state], January 1908 (Bicego). Type repository: MZSP.

Mitchell synonymised this name with M. (Sayapis) squalens Haliday.



Megachile (Moureapis) apicipennis Raw 2002 #7: 23.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Ihering 1904: 470 (N). Schrottky 1913b: 251 (P). Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: RS; SP.

NESTING. Nested in an earth bank. Cells were 11 mm long and 6.5 mm wide and their walls constructed of very fine clay with a polished finish.

MORTALITY. Coelioxys chrysocephala emerged from a cell. C. pirata.


  1. Megachile (Moureapis) atahualpa Schrottky

Megachile nudiventris atahualpa Schrottky 1913a: 156. Female. Type locality: Peru. Type repository: MZSP. Examined.

Megachile (Moureapis) atahualpa Raw 2002 #7: 24.

DISTRIBUTION. PERU.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) barbiellinii Moure

Megachile barbiellinii Moure 1944a: 17. Female. Type locality: Praia das Cigarras, São Sebastião, SP, Brazil (30.11.1942). Type repository: UFPR.

Megachile (Moureapis) barbiellinii Raw 2002 #7: 24.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: SP.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) benigna Mitchell

Megachile benigna Mitchell 1930: 214-215. Female. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil. Type repository: ANSP 4138. Examined.

Megachile (Pseudocentron) benigna Mitchell 1943b: 663. Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D).

Megachile (Moureapis) benigna Raw 2002 #7: 24.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MT- Chapada dos Guimarães, SP- Monte Alegre.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) continua Mitchell

Megachile continua Mitchell 1930: 239-240. Male. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil (H. H. Smith). Type repository: ANSP 4156. Examined.

Megachile (Leptorachis) continua Mitchell 1943b: 663. Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D).

Megachile (Moureapis) continua Raw 2002 #7: 24.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MT- Chapada dos Guimarães.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) digna Mitchell

Megachile digna Mitchell 1930: 240-241. Male. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil (H. H. Smith). Type repository: ANSP 4144. Examined. The type is lacking left antenna, left fore and hind wing, left mid and hind leg and metasoma.

Megachile (Moureapis) digna Raw 2002 #7: 24.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MT- Chapada dos Guimarães.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) electrum Mitchell

Megachile electrum Mitchell 1930: 223-224. Female. Type locality: Villarrica, Paraguay, October 1923. Type repository: Meyer.

Megachile (Pseudocentron) electrum Mitchell 1934: 303.

Megachile (Moureapis) electrum Raw 2002 #7: 24.

DISTRIBUTION. PARAGUAY.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) felicis Mitchell

Megachile felicis Mitchell 1930: 216-217. Female. Type locality: Tapyta, Paraguay, November 1925. Type repository: Meyer.

Megachile (Moureapis) felicis Raw 2002 #7: 24.

DISTRIBUTION. PARAGUAY.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) irritans Smith

Megachile irritans Smith 1879: 82. Female. Type locality: Orizaba, Mexico. Type repository: NHML 17a2481. Examined.

Megachile (Moureana) irritans Ayala et al 1997: 455.

Megachile (Moureapis) irritans Raw 2002 #7: 24.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cockerell 1905: 340.

DISTRIBUTION. MEXICO: VC.


  1. Megachile (Moureapis) macularis Dalla Torre

Megachile macularis Dalla Torre 1896: 437. New name for Megachile maculata Smith 1853: 160. Female. Examined. Type locality: Port Natal; Fernando Po.

(Not Megachile maculata Smith 1853: 170-171. Female. Type locality: Western Australia. Type repository: NHML 17a2305. Examined.)



Megachile anthidioides Smith 1879: 78-79. Female. Examined. Type locality: Paraná. Type repository: NHML 17a2441. Synonymy of Cockerell 1933a: 373-374.

Megachile (Moureapis) maculata Raw 2002 #7: 24.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) nigromixta Cockerell

Megachile nigromixta Cockerell 1919: 215. Male. Type locality: Mexico (O. F. Baker). Type repository: USNM 21684. Examined.

Megachile (Moureana) nigromixta Ayala et al 1997: 455.

Megachile (Moureapis) nigromixta Raw 2002 #7: 25.

DISTRIBUTION. GUATEMALA. MEXICO: TM.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) nigropilosa Schrottky

Megachile nigropilosa Schrottky 1902: 435. Female. Type locality: Jundiay, S. Paulo [state], Brazil (Schrottky). Type repository: MZSP.

Megachile (Moureapis) nigropilosa Raw 2002 #7: 25.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Sakagami et al 1967: 272 (D, L). Schrottky 1913a: 143 (K). Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: PR; RS; SP- Jundiaí.

LIFE HISTORY. Adults fly from January to May in Paraná.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) nudiventris Smith

Megachile nudiventris Smith 1853: 186. Female. Type locality: Brazil. Type repository: NHML 17a2427. Examined.(Not M. nudiventris Schrottky 1902 [= M. (Melanosarus) nigripennis Spinola].)

Megachile jurujubensis Cockerell 1927b: 394. Female. Type locality: Jurujuba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6 January 1920 (E. G. Holt). Type repository: AMNH. Examined. Synonymy of Raw 2002 #7: 25.

Megachile (Moureapis) nudiventris Raw 2002 #7: 25.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cockerell 1912d: 54 (K).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: RJ.


  1. Megachile (Moureapis) pampeana Vachal

Megachile pampeana Vachal 1908: 238. Female. Type locality: River Parana, Argentina. Type repository: Vachal Collection, MNHN.

Megachile (Moureapis) pampeana Silveira et al 2002: 213.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Vachal 1909: 13 (K).

DISTRIBUTION. Argentina: Rio Parana.


  1. Megachile (Moureapis) paraxanthura Cockerell

Megachile paraxanthura Cockerell 1914b: 428-429. Male. Type locality: Cordova, Argentina (O. W. Thomas). Type repository: NHML 17a2470. Examined.

Megachile (Leptorachis) paraxanthura Mitchell 1943b: 663.

Megachile (Moureapis) paraxanthura Raw 2002 #7: 25.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Mitchell 1930: 241 (D). RAW.

DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA: CD. BRAZIL: DF- Brasilia; ES- Santa Teresa; MT- Vale dos Sonhos. PARAGUAY: Villarrica.


  1. Megachile (Moureapis) pleuralis Vachal

Megachile pleuralis Vachal 1908: 237-238. Male and Female. Type locality: Colonia Hansa, Brazil/ Buenos Aires [Argentina]. Type repository: Vachal Collection, MNHN.

Megachile (Moureapis) pleuralis Silveira et al 2002: 213.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Vachal 1909: 5 (K).

DISTRIBUTION. Argentina/ Brazil.


  1. Megachile (Moureapis) possograndensis Schrottky

Megachile poçograndensis Schrottky 1902: 438. Female. Type locality: Poço Grande, S. Paulo [state], Brazil, January (Hempel). Type repository: MZSP. Examined. [Type is missing left fore tarsi.]

Megachile possograndensis Schrottky 1913a: 172. New spelling. Megachile (Pseudocentron) poçograndensis Mitchell 1943b: 664.

Megachile (Moureapis) possograndensis Raw 2002 #7: 25.

Megachile (Moureapis) pocograndensis Raw 2002 #7: 25. Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D).

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Moure 1941: 92 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: PR; SP- Ilha de Vitória, Ilha de Búzios, Marumbí, Poço Grande, Praia do Barro.


  1. Megachile (Moureapis) prudens Mitchell

Megachile prudens Mitchell 1930: 238-239. Male. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil (H. H. Smith). Type repository: ANSP 4155. Examined.

Megachile (Moureapis) prudens Raw 2002 #7: 25.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MT.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) pseudopleuralis Schrottky

Megachile pseudopleuralis Schrottky 1913a: 190. Female. Type locality: Jaguará, MG, Brazil. Type repository: MZSP. Examined, labelled "HOLOTIPO".

Megachile (Moureapis) pseudopleuralis Raw 2002 #7: 25.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MG; RS. PARAGUAY: Puerto Bertoni.


  1. Megachile (Moureapis) pyrrhogastra Cockerell

Megachile pyrrhogastra Cockerell 1913: 368-369. Female. Type locality: Guayaquil, Ecuador (Buchwald). Type repository: AMNH. Examined.

Megachile (Pseudocentron) pyrrhogastra Mitchell 1943b: 663.

Megachile (Moureapis) pyrrhogastra Raw 2002 #7: 25.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MG- Jagura. ECUADOR: Guayaquil.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) santaremensis Mitchell

Megachile santaremensis Mitchell 1930: 194-195. Female. Type locality: Santarem, Brazil. Type repository: ANSP 4145. Examined.

Megachile (Pseudocentron) santaremensis Mitchell 1943b: 664.

Megachile (Moureapis) santaremensis Raw 2002 #7: 25.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: PA -Santarém.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) stenodesma Schrottky

Megachile stenodesma Schrottky 1913a: 182. Female. Type locality: Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Type repository: IOC.

Megachile stenodema Schrottky 1913b: 248 (misspelling).

Megachile (Moureapis) stenodesma Silveira et al 2002: 213.

DISTRIBUTION. Paraguay: Puerto Bertoni.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) sterilis Mitchell

Megachile sterilis Mitchell 1930: 211-212. Female. Type locality: Cordova, Argentina (Davis). Type repository: MCZ 16211. Examined.

Megachile (Pseudocentron) sterilis Mitchell 1943b: 664.

Megachile (Moureapis) sterilis Raw 2002 #7: 26.

DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA: CD.




  1. Megachile (Moureapis) sumichrastii Cresson

Megachile sumichrastii Cresson 1878: 129-130. Male. Type locality: Mexico (Sumichrast). Type repository: ANSP 2433. Examined.

Megachile (Moureana) sumichrastii Ayala et al 1997: 455.

Megachile (Moureapis) sumichrastii Raw 2002 #7: 26.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cresson 1916: 131 (T).

DISTRIBUTION. MEXICO.


  1. Megachile (Moureapis) trepida Mitchell

Megachile trepida Mitchell 1930: 213-214. Female. Type locality: Cerro Patron, Rio Frio, Magdalena, Colombia, 4000 ft. 12 November 1927 (Salt). Type repository: NHML 17a2469. Examined.

Megachile (Pseudocentron) trepida Mitchell 1943b: 664.

Megachile (Moureapis) trepida Raw 2002 #7: 26.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: RO- Vilhena. COLOMBIA: Magdalena- Cerro Patron (4000 ft), Rio Frio; Santa Marta, Vista Nieve (5000 ft).

FLOWERS. Begonia.


  1. Megachile (Moureapis) viator Mitchell

Megachile viator Mitchell 1930: 215-216. Female. Type locality: San José, Costa Rica, 25 June 1903 (J.C. Crawford). Type repository: USNM 43096. Examined.

Megachile (Moureapis) viator Raw 2002 #7: 26.

DISTRIBUTION. COSTA RICA.

FLOWERS. Dahlia.



Download 0.92 Mb.

Share with your friends:
1   ...   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   ...   23



The database is protected by copyright ©ininet.org 2024
send message
    Main page
royal society
american museum
british council