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Megachile torrida Smith, 1853

Note: Introducida en las Antillas desde África (Genaro, 2007)
Megachile torridus Smith, 1853:156, ♂♀. ♂, ♀, The Gambia (leg. Rendall); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:26, Type (unknown). - As Megachile torrida: Introducida en las Antillas desde África (Genaro, 2007). - Genaro, 1997Genaro, J.A. 1997. Key to the genus Megachile,Chalicodoma group (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Cuba. Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 44/45:193-198. (distribution); Raw, 2002Raw, A. 2002. New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71:1-43. (distribution); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97. (distribution), 26 (biology); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution); Genaro, 2007Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254. (distribution); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127. (distribution); Genaro, 2008Genaro, J.A. 2008. Origins, composition and distribution of the bees of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 52:1-16. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution).
Megachile pachingeri Friese, 1903:277, ♂♀. ♂, ♀, Dar es Salaam (O.-Afrika) (Mus. Berlin). - Genaro, 1997Genaro, J.A. 1997. Key to the genus Megachile,Chalicodoma group (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Cuba. Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 44/45:193-198.:196 ( listed as synonym of Megachile torrida Smith, 1853); Genaro, 2007Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254.:249 ( listed as synonym of Megachile torrida Smith, 1853).
Megachile torula Vachal, 1910:312, ♂. Holotype ♂, Katumba, x-07 (Musée du Congo belge, Tervueren); Rasmussen, 2012Rasmussen, C. 2012. Joseph Vachal (1838–1911): French entomologist and politician. Zootaxa 3442:1-52.:47, Holotype ♂ (RMCA). - Genaro, 1997Genaro, J.A. 1997. Key to the genus Megachile,Chalicodoma group (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Cuba. Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 44/45:193-198.:196 ( listed as synonym of Megachile torrida Smith, 1853); Genaro, 2007Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254.:249 ( listed as synonym of Megachile torrida Smith, 1853); Rasmussen, 2012Rasmussen, C. 2012. Joseph Vachal (1838–1911): French entomologist and politician. Zootaxa 3442:1-52.:47 ( listed as synonym of Megachile torrida Smith, 1853).
Megachile rhodotrichura Cockerell, 1933 - Genaro, 1997Genaro, J.A. 1997. Key to the genus Megachile,Chalicodoma group (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Cuba. Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 44/45:193-198.:196 ( listed as synonym of Megachile torrida Smith, 1853); Genaro, 2007Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254.:249 ( listed as synonym of Megachile torrida Smith, 1853).

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Area distribution map

map of Megachile torrida Smith, 1853

Distribution

CODCongo, Democratic Republic of the (= Zaire)
 (Vachal, 1910 [as Megachile torula Vachal, 1910]; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007; Rasmussen, 2012 [as Megachile torula Vachal, 1910])
COGCongo, Republic of
 (Genaro, 1997; Genaro, 2007)
CUBCuba
 (Genaro, 1997; Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004; Genaro, 2007; Raw, 2007; Genaro, 2008 introduced)
DOMDominican Republic
 (Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
GHAGhana
 (Genaro, 1997; Raw, 2004; Genaro, 2007; Raw, 2007)
GMBGambia
 (Smith, 1853; Raw, 2002; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
HISHispaniola
 (Genaro, 2007; Perez-Gelabert, 2008; Perez-Gelabert, 2020 introduced)
KENKenya
 (Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
LBRLiberia
 (Genaro, 1997; Raw, 2004; Genaro, 2007; Raw, 2007)
MOZMozambique
 (Raw, 2004; Genaro, 2007; Raw, 2007)
MSRMontserrat
 (Genaro, 2007; Raw, 2007)
MWIMalawi
 (Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
NGANigeria
 (Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
SENSenegal
 (Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
TGOTogo
 (Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
TZATanzania, United Republik of
 (Friese, 1903 [as Megachile pachingeri Friese, 1903])
UGAUganda
 (Genaro, 1997; Raw, 2004; Genaro, 2007; Raw, 2007)
WIIWest Indies
 (Genaro, 1997 introduced)
ZMBZambia
 (Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
ZWEZimbabwe
 (Raw, 2004; Genaro, 2007; Raw, 2007)

Literature

  • Friese, H. 1903. Neue afrikanische Megachile-Arten II. (Hym.). Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 3:273-290.
  • Genaro, J.A. 1997. Key to the genus Megachile,Chalicodoma group (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Cuba. Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 44/45:193-198.
  • Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254.
  • Genaro, J.A. 2008. Origins, composition and distribution of the bees of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 52:1-16.
  • Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530.
  • Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668.
  • Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136.
  • Rasmussen, C. 2012. Joseph Vachal (1838–1911): French entomologist and politician. Zootaxa 3442:1-52.
  • Raw, A. 2002. New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71:1-43.
  • Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.
  • Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.
  • Smith, F. 1853. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London. 197 pp, 6 pl.
  • Vachal, J. 1910. Diagnoses d'insectes nouveaux recueillis dans le Congo belge par le Dr Sheffield-Neave (Musée du Congo belge, Tervueren). Hymenoptera - Apidae. 54:306-328.