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Megachile candida Smith, 1879

Megachile candida Smith, 1879:82, ♂♀. ♂, ♀, Mexico (British Museum); Cockerell, 1905Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31:309-364.:340, Type ♀ (British Museum); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:16, Type ♀, examined (NHML, 17a2417); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:12, Type ♀, examined (NHML, 17a2417). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1896Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. - Descriptions of new bees collected by Prof. C. H. T. Townsend in the State of Vera Cruz. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 6: v. 18:282-295. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); Cockerell, 1905Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31:309-364. (distribution); Mitchell, 1930Mitchell, T.B. 1930. A contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical Megachile with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 56 (3):155-305. (distribution); Cockerell, 1931Cockerell, T.D.A. 1931. Descriptions and records of bees. - CXXX. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 10 (8):537-553. (distribution); Cockerell, 1949Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97. (distribution); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127. (distribution); Gonzalez et al., 2012Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934. (distribution); Sagot et al., 2018Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution).
Megachile candidella Mitchell, 1930:206, ♀. Holotype ♀, Mexico (A.N.S.P., no. 4149); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:16, Type ♀, examined (ANSP, 4149); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:12, Type ♀, examined (ANSP, 4149). - Schwarz, 1934Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:100 ( listed as synonym of Megachile candida Smith, 1879); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:16 ( listed as synonym of Megachile candida Smith, 1879); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:12 ( listed as synonym of Megachile candida Smith, 1879).

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Area distribution map

map of Megachile candida Smith, 1879

Distribution

BLZBelize
 (Mitchell, 1930; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
BRABrazil
 (Raw, 2007)
COLColombia
 (Mitchell, 1930; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007; Gonzalez et al., 2012)
GUYGuyana
 (Mitchell, 1930; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
HNDHonduras
 (Cockerell, 1949; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
MEXMexico
 (Smith, 1879; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1896; Cockerell, 1899; Cockerell, 1905; Mitchell, 1930 [as Megachile candidella Mitchell, 1930]; Cockerell, 1931; Cockerell, 1949; Raw, 2004 [as Megachile candidella Mitchell, 1930]; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile candidella Mitchell, 1930]; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Raw, 2007; Sagot et al., 2018)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
 (Mitchell, 1930)
MEX-SLPMexico - San Luis Potosi
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-TabMexico - Tabasco
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-YucMexico - Yucatán
 (Mitchell, 1930; Raw, 2007)
PANPanama
 (Schwarz, 1934 [as Megachile candidella Mitchell, 1930]; Michener, 1954; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Mitchell, 1930; Starr & Hook, 2003; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)

Literature

  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. - Descriptions of new bees collected by Prof. C. H. T. Townsend in the State of Vera Cruz. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 6: v. 18:282-295.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31:309-364.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1931. Descriptions and records of bees. - CXXX. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 10 (8):537-553.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1930. A contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical Megachile with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 56 (3):155-305.
  • Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77.
  • 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.
  • Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011.
  • Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24.
  • Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, 1-240.
  • Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31.