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Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872

Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872:263, ♂. 2 ♂♂, Texas (leg. Belfrage); Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VI. Taxonomy of subgenera Argyropile, Leptorachis, Pseudocentron, Acentron and Melanosarus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (1):45-83.:77, Type ♂ (A.N.S.P., no. 2461); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:15, Type ♂, examined (ANSP, 2461); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:11, Type ♂, examined (ANSP, 2461). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1911Cockerell, T.D.A. 1911. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. 2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 40 (1818):241-264. (distribution); Cockerell, 1919Cockerell, T.D.A. 1919. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55 (2264):167-221. (distribution); Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VI. Taxonomy of subgenera Argyropile, Leptorachis, Pseudocentron, Acentron and Melanosarus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (1):45-83. (distribution); Michener, 1947Michener, C.D. 1947. Bees of a limited area in southern Mississippi (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). The American Midland Naturalist 38 (2):443-455. (distribution); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557. (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); Ayala, 1988Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493. (distribution); Estrada de Léon & Ayala Barajas, 1995Estrada de Léon, M. & R. Ayala Barajas 1995. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Sierra del Tigre, Jalisco. Apicultura Moderna 7:12-24. (distribution); Pascarella et al., 1999Pascarella, J.B., Waddington, K.D. & Neal, P.R. 1999. The Bee Fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Everglades National Park, Florida and adjacent areas: Distribution, Phenology, and Biogeography. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72 (1):32-45. (distribution); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97. (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); Pascarella, 2006Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. . (distribution); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127. (distribution); Hall & Ascher, 2010Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2010. Surveys of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in natural areas of Alachua County in North-Central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 93 (4):609-629. (distribution); Hall & Ascher, 2011Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2011. Surveys of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in organic farms of Alachua County in north-central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 94 (3):539-552. (distribution); Owens et al., 2018Owens, B.E., L. Allain, E.C. van Gorder, J.L. Bossart & C.E. Carlton 2018. The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Louisiana: An updated, annotated checklist. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (2):272-307. (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 optiva Cresson, 1872:268, ♀. 2 ♀♀, Texas (leg. Belfrage); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:15, Type ♀, examined (ANSP, 2445); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:11, Type ♀, examined (ANSP, 2445). - 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); Robertson, 1897Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7:315-356. (distribution); Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VI. Taxonomy of subgenera Argyropile, Leptorachis, Pseudocentron, Acentron and Melanosarus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (1):45-83.:75 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis 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.:165 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis 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.:2069 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:11 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872).
Megachile newelli Cockerell, 1908:262, Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:15, Type ♀. - Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VI. Taxonomy of subgenera Argyropile, Leptorachis, Pseudocentron, Acentron and Melanosarus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (1):45-83.:75 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis 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.:165 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis 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.:2069 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:11 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872).
Megachile kallstraemiae Cockerell, 1908:264, Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:15, Type ♀. - Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VI. Taxonomy of subgenera Argyropile, Leptorachis, Pseudocentron, Acentron and Melanosarus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (1):45-83.:75 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis 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.:165 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872). - As Megachile kallstroemiae: [lapsus] - 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.:2069 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:11 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872). - As Megachile kallstroemiae: [lapsus] - 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.:2069 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:11 ( listed as synonym of Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872).

FotoID: 8359
Species: Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872 ♂
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: USA, Florida

FotoID: 8358
Species: Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872 ♂
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: USA, Florida

FotoID: 8357
Species: Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872 ♂
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: USA, Florida

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Area distribution map

map of Megachile albitarsis Cresson, 1872

Distribution

CANCanada
 (Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Robertson, 1897 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872])
MEXMexico
 (Cockerell, 1919; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-BaCMexico - Baja California
 (Mitchell, 1937; Raw, 2007)
MEX-CamMexico - Campeche
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-ChiMexico - Chihuahua
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-DurMexico - Durango
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
 (Mitchell, 1937; Ayala, 1988; Estrada de Léon & Ayala Barajas, 1995; Raw, 2007)
MEX-MdOMexico - Michoacán
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004; Raw, 2007)
MEX-NayMexico - Nayarit
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-NuLMexico - Nuevo León
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-SinMexico - Sinaloa
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-SonMexico - Sonora
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-TamMexico - Tamaulipas
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004; Raw, 2007)
MEX-ZacMexico - Zacatecas
 (Raw, 2007)
USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
 (Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-ARUnited States - Arkansas
 (Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Mitchell, 1937; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Cresson, 1879 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Robertson, 1897 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Pascarella et al., 1999; Raw, 2004; Pascarella, 2006; Raw, 2007; Hall & Ascher, 2010; Hall & Ascher, 2011)
USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
 (Cresson, 1879 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Robertson, 1897 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004)
USA-IAUnited States - Iowa
 (Raw, 2007)
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Robertson, 1897 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872])
USA-INUnited States - Indiana
 (Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
USA-LAUnited States - Louisiana
 (Mitchell, 1937; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007; Owens et al., 2018)
USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
 (Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
 (Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
 (Mitchell, 1937; Michener, 1947; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
 (Robertson, 1897 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Mitchell, 1937; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
USA-SCUnited States - South Carolina
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872; Cresson, 1872 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Cresson, 1879 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Dalla Torre, 1896; Robertson, 1897 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Cockerell, 1911; Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872]; Raw, 2007)

Literature

  • Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1911. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. 2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 40 (1818):241-264.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1919. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55 (2264):167-221.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.
  • 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.
  • Estrada de Léon, M. & R. Ayala Barajas 1995. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Sierra del Tigre, Jalisco. Apicultura Moderna 7:12-24.
  • Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2010. Surveys of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in natural areas of Alachua County in North-Central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 93 (4):609-629.
  • Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2011. Surveys of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in organic farms of Alachua County in north-central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 94 (3):539-552.
  • 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.
  • Michener, C.D. 1947. Bees of a limited area in southern Mississippi (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). The American Midland Naturalist 38 (2):443-455.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VI. Taxonomy of subgenera Argyropile, Leptorachis, Pseudocentron, Acentron and Melanosarus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (1):45-83.
  • 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.
  • Owens, B.E., L. Allain, E.C. van Gorder, J.L. Bossart & C.E. Carlton 2018. The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Louisiana: An updated, annotated checklist. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (2):272-307.
  • Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. .
  • Pascarella, J.B., Waddington, K.D. & Neal, P.R. 1999. The Bee Fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Everglades National Park, Florida and adjacent areas: Distribution, Phenology, and Biogeography. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72 (1):32-45.
  • 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.
  • Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7:315-356.
  • 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.