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Megachile gentilis Cresson, 1872

Megachile gentilis Cresson, 1872:267, ♂. 7 ♂♂, Texas (leg. Belfrage); 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.:25, Type ♂ (A.N.S.P., no. 2720); Bzdyk, 2012Bzdyk, E.L. 2012. A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini). ZooKeys 221:31-61.:44, Holotype ♂ (ANSP). - 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. (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); Bzdyk, 2012Bzdyk, E.L. 2012. A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini). ZooKeys 221:31-61. (distribution); Brindis, 2019Brindis, A.F. 2019. . Dissertation , , 1-143. La Paz, Baja California Sur. (distribution); Esperanza de Pedro, 2021Esperanza de Pedro, D. 2021. . :. (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 palmarum Perkins, 1899:114, Bzdyk, 2012Bzdyk, E.L. 2012. A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini). ZooKeys 221:31-61.:44, Syntypes ♂, ♀ (Repository?). - 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.:23 ( listed as synonym of Megachile gentilis 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.:2053 ( listed as synonym of Megachile gentilis Cresson, 1872); Bzdyk, 2012Bzdyk, E.L. 2012. A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini). ZooKeys 221:31-61.:44 ( listed as synonym of Megachile gentilis Cresson, 1872).
Megachile murinella Cockerell, 1908:263, ♀. ♀, Mesilla Park, New Mexico, Sept. 2, 1898 (leg. Cockerell); Bzdyk, 2012Bzdyk, E.L. 2012. A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini). ZooKeys 221:31-61.:44, Holotype ♀ (USNM). - 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.:23 ( listed as synonym of Megachile gentilis 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.:2053 ( listed as synonym of Megachile gentilis Cresson, 1872); Bzdyk, 2012Bzdyk, E.L. 2012. A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini). ZooKeys 221:31-61.:44 ( listed as synonym of Megachile gentilis Cresson, 1872).

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Area distribution map

map of Megachile gentilis Cresson, 1872

Distribution

MEXMexico
 (Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-BaCMexico - Baja California
 (Brindis, 2019; Esperanza de Pedro, 2021)
MEX-BCSMexico - Baja California Sur
 (Esperanza de Pedro, 2021)
MEX-ChiMexico - Chihuahua
 (Bzdyk, 2012)
MEX-SonMexico - Sonora
 (Bzdyk, 2012)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Mitchell, 1935; Bzdyk, 2012)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Mitchell, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979; Bzdyk, 2012)
USA-HawHawaii
 (Bzdyk, 2012 [as Megachile palmarum Perkins, 1899])
USA-IDUnited States - Idaho
 (Mitchell, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Cockerell, 1908 [as Megachile murinella Cockerell, 1908]; Mitchell, 1935; Bzdyk, 2012 [as Megachile murinella Cockerell, 1908])
USA-NVUnited States - Nevada
 (Mitchell, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-ORUnited States - Oregon
 (Mitchell, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872; Mitchell, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979; Bzdyk, 2012)
USA-UTUnited States - Utah
 (Bzdyk, 2012)

Literature

  • Brindis, A.F. 2019. . Dissertation , , 1-143. La Paz, Baja California Sur.
  • Bzdyk, E.L. 2012. A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini). ZooKeys 221:31-61.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1908. Descriptions and records of bees. - XVIII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 1 (3):259-267.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.
  • Esperanza de Pedro, D. 2021. . :.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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.