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Megachile curta Cresson, 1865

Megachile curta Cresson, 1865:178, ♂. Holotype ♂, Cuba (Dr. J. Gundlach); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.:205, Type (Gundlach, No. 109); Alayo, 1976Alayo, P.D. 1976. Introducción al estudio de los himenópteros de Cuba. Apoidea. Serie Biológica 68:1- 61.:23, Type ♂ (Colección Gundlach, No. 109); Genaro, 1998Genaro, J.A. 1998. Distribution and synonymy of some Caribbean bees of the genera Megachile and Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 34 (1-2):151-152.:151, Holotype ♂ (Coll. Gundlach IES); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:46, Type ♂ (GCH); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:53, Type ♂ (GCH). - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (distribution); Cresson, 1869Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Cuban Hymenoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2:293-298. (distribution); Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Fox, 1891Fox, W.J. 1891. On a collection of Hymenoptera made in Jamaica during April, 1891. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 18:337-348. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Friese, 1902Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Alayo, 1976Alayo, P.D. 1976. Introducción al estudio de los himenópteros de Cuba. Apoidea. Serie Biológica 68:1- 61. (distribution); Genaro, 1998Genaro, J.A. 1998. Distribution and synonymy of some Caribbean bees of the genera Megachile and Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 34 (1-2):151-152. (distribution); Rodríguez Velázquez & Mestre Novoa, 2002Rodríguez Velázquez, D. & Mestre Novoa, N. 2002. Lista de los Collembola e Insecta (Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Mantodea, Diptera e Hymenoptrera) de la Sierra de los Organos, Pinar del Río (Arthropoda: Hexapoda). Cocuyo 12:6-10. (distribution); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97. (distribution), 46 (biology); 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); 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); Breto, 2021Breto Benítez, D. 2021. Inventario de abejas y avispas apoideas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) del Parque Nacional Guanahacabibes, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Ecovida 1:20-28. (distribution); Breto, 2021Breto Benítez, D. 2021. Inventario de las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Reserva Ecológica Sierra de la Güira, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Novitates Caribaea 18:8-17. (distribution).
Megachile curta tibialis Cresson, 1869:296, ♀. 2 ♀♀, Cuba (Dr. J. Gundlach, No. 109); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:46, Type ♀ (GCH); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:53, Type ♀ (GCH). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Genaro, 1998Genaro, J.A. 1998. Distribution and synonymy of some Caribbean bees of the genera Megachile and Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 34 (1-2):151-152.:151 ( listed as synonym of Megachile curta Cresson, 1865); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:46 ( listed as synonym of Megachile curta Cresson, 1865); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:53 ( listed as synonym of Megachile curta Cresson, 1865).
Megachile salti Mitchell, 1927:51, ♂♀. Allotype ♂, Mina Carlota, Trinidad Mts., Cuba, 1500 ft. altitude, March 25, 1925; Holotype ♀, Soledad, Cuba, May 22, 1925 (Mus. Comp. Zool., No. 15706); Genaro, 1998Genaro, J.A. 1998. Distribution and synonymy of some Caribbean bees of the genera Megachile and Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 34 (1-2):151-152.:151, Holotype ♀ (MCZ); Raw, 2002Raw, A. 2002. New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71:1-43.:15, Type ♀ (MCZ, 15706); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:46, Type ♀, examined (MCZ, 15706). Synonymized with Megachile curta Cresson, 1865 by Genaro, 1998Genaro, J.A. 1998. Distribution and synonymy of some Caribbean bees of the genera Megachile and Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 34 (1-2):151-152.:151. - 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.:46 ( listed as synonym of Megachile curta Cresson, 1865); 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 curta Cresson, 1865); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:53 ( listed as synonym of Megachile curta Cresson, 1865).

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Area distribution map

map of Megachile curta Cresson, 1865

Distribution

BHSBahamas
 (Genaro, 2007; Raw, 2007)
CUBCuba
 (Cresson, 1865; Cresson, 1869; Cresson, 1869 [as Megachile curta tibialis Cresson, 1869]; Cresson, 1879; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Megachile curta tibialis Cresson, 1869]; Dalla Torre, 1896; Ashmead, 1900 [as Megachile curta tibialis Cresson, 1869]; Ashmead, 1900; Friese, 1902; Mitchell, 1927 [as Megachile salti Mitchell, 1927]; Alayo, 1973; Alayo, 1976; Genaro, 1998; Raw, 2002 [as Megachile salti Mitchell, 1927]; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2004 [as Megachile curta tibialis Cresson, 1869]; Raw, 2004 [as Megachile salti Mitchell, 1927]; Raw, 2007; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile curta tibialis Cresson, 1869]; Genaro, 2007)
CUB-PinCuba - Pinar del Río
 (Rodríguez Velázquez & Mestre Novoa, 2002; Breto, 2021; Breto, 2021)
DOMDominican Republic
 (Genaro, 1998; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
HISHispaniola
 (Genaro, 2007; Perez-Gelabert, 2008; Perez-Gelabert, 2020)
JAMJamaica
 (Fox, 1891; Ashmead, 1900; Genaro, 1998; Raw, 2004; Genaro, 2007; Raw, 2007)
MEXMexico
 (Raw, 2004; Genaro, 2007)
MEX-QuRMexico - Quintana Roo
 (Genaro, 1998; Raw, 2007)

Literature

  • Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.
  • Alayo, P.D. 1976. Introducción al estudio de los himenópteros de Cuba. Apoidea. Serie Biológica 68:1- 61.
  • Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367.
  • Breto Benítez, D. 2021. Inventario de las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Reserva Ecológica Sierra de la Güira, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Novitates Caribaea 18:8-17.
  • Breto Benítez, D. 2021. Inventario de abejas y avispas apoideas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) del Parque Nacional Guanahacabibes, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Ecovida 1:20-28.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Cuban Hymenoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2:293-298.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Fox, W.J. 1891. On a collection of Hymenoptera made in Jamaica during April, 1891. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 18:337-348.
  • Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201.
  • Genaro, J.A. 1998. Distribution and synonymy of some Caribbean bees of the genera Megachile and Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 34 (1-2):151-152.
  • Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1927. New West Indian Megachile. Psyche 34:47-57.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Rodríguez Velázquez, D. & Mestre Novoa, N. 2002. Lista de los Collembola e Insecta (Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Mantodea, Diptera e Hymenoptrera) de la Sierra de los Organos, Pinar del Río (Arthropoda: Hexapoda). Cocuyo 12:6-10.