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Megachile comata Cresson, 1872

Megachile comata Cresson, 1872:262, ♂. Holotype ♂, Texas (G.W. Belfrage); Mitchell, 1936Mitchell, T.B. 1936. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part IV. Taxonomy of subgenera Xanthosarus, Phaenosarus, Megachiloides and Derotropis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 62 (2):117-166.:126, Type ♂ (U.S.N.M., no. 1776); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:102, Type ♂ (USNM, 1776). - 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); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1898Cockerell, T.D.A. 1898. Some bees of the genus Megachile from New Mexico and Colorado. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7: v. 1:125-130. (distribution); Cockerell, 1915Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXVII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 15:529-537. (distribution); Mitchell, 1936Mitchell, T.B. 1936. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part IV. Taxonomy of subgenera Xanthosarus, Phaenosarus, Megachiloides and Derotropis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 62 (2):117-166. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197. (distribution); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127. (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 texana ♀ Cresson, 1878:125, ♀. ♀♀, Texas (leg. Belfrage); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:102, Type ♀ (unknown). - Mitchell, 1935Mitchell, T.B. 1935. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part II. Morphology of the male sternites and genital armature and the taxonomy of the subgenera Litomegachile, Neomegachile and Cressoniella (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 61 (1):1-44.:32 ( listed as synonym of Megachile paratexana Mitchell, 1930); Mitchell, 1936Mitchell, T.B. 1936. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part IV. Taxonomy of subgenera Xanthosarus, Phaenosarus, Megachiloides and Derotropis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 62 (2):117-166.:124 ( listed as synonym of Megachile comata Cresson, 1872); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557. (distribution); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:102 ( listed as synonym of Megachile comata Cresson, 1872).
Megachile armata Smith, 1879:80, ♂. ♂, Mexico, Oajaca (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, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:102, Type ♂ (BMNH, 17a2433). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (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); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2067 ( listed as synonym of Megachile comata Cresson, 1872); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:102 ( listed as synonym of Megachile comata Cresson, 1872).
Megachile paratexana Mitchell, 1930:226, no description. Holotype ♀, Texas, originally described as female of texana (A.N.S.P., no. 4158); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:102, Type ♀ (unknown). - 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); Mitchell, 1936Mitchell, T.B. 1936. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part IV. Taxonomy of subgenera Xanthosarus, Phaenosarus, Megachiloides and Derotropis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 62 (2):117-166.:124 ( listed as synonym of Megachile comata Cresson, 1872); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2067 ( listed as synonym of Megachile comata Cresson, 1872); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:102 ( listed as synonym of Megachile comata Cresson, 1872).

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Area distribution map

map of Megachile comata Cresson, 1872

Distribution

MEXMexico
 (Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Megachile armata Smith, 1879]; Cockerell, 1899 [as Megachile armata Smith, 1879]; Cockerell, 1905 [as Megachile armata Smith, 1879]; Mitchell, 1936; Krombein et al., 1979; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Sagot et al., 2018)
MEX-DiFMexico - Distrito Federal (Mexico City)
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
 (Mitchell, 1930 [as Megachile paratexana Mitchell, 1930]; Raw, 2007; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile paratexana Mitchell, 1930]; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Smith, 1879 [as Megachile armata Smith, 1879]; Raw, 2007; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile armata Smith, 1879])
MEX-PueMexico - Puebla
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004; Raw, 2007)
PRIPuerto Rico
 (Raw, 2007)
USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Mitchell, 1936; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Cresson, 1879; Dalla Torre, 1896; Mitchell, 1936; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007)
USA-CTUnited States - Connecticut
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-DCUnited States - Washington D.C.
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-INUnited States - Indiana
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Mitchell, 1936; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007)
USA-MAUnited States - Massachusetts
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-NHUnited States - New Hampshire
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Cockerell, 1898; Cockerell, 1915; Mitchell, 1936; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007)
USA-NYUnited States - New York
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-OHUnited States - Ohio
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-RIUnited States - Rhode Island
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-TNUnited States - Tennessee
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872; Cresson, 1878 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878]; Cresson, 1879; Dalla Torre, 1896; Mitchell, 1930 [as Megachile paratexana Mitchell, 1930]; Mitchell, 1936; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007)
USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])
USA-VTUnited States - Vermont
 (Mitchell, 1962 [as Megachile texana ♀ Cresson, 1878])

Literature

  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1898. Some bees of the genus Megachile from New Mexico and Colorado. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7: v. 1:125-130.
  • 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. 1915. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXVII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 15:529-537.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1878. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7:61-136.
  • 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.
  • Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.
  • 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.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1935. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part II. Morphology of the male sternites and genital armature and the taxonomy of the subgenera Litomegachile, Neomegachile and Cressoniella (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 61 (1):1-44.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1936. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part IV. Taxonomy of subgenera Xanthosarus, Phaenosarus, Megachiloides and Derotropis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 62 (2):117-166.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.
  • 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. 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.
  • Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, 1-240.
  • Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197.