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Megachile mendica Cresson, 1878

Megachile mendica Cresson, 1878:126, ♀. 24 ♂♀, Can., N.Y., Mass., Pa., Del., N.C., Ga., Fla., Ill.; 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.:28, Type ♀ (A.N.S.P., no. 2446); 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.:47, Holotype ♀ (ANSP). - Cresson, 1878Cresson, 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. (distribution); Robertson, 1897Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7 (14):315-356. (distribution); Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314. (distribution); Cockerell, 1914Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXIII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 14:361-369. (distribution); 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); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557. (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); 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); 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). - As Megachile mendica mendica: - Michener, 1947Michener, C.D. 1947. Bees of a limited area in southern Mississippi (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). The American Midland Naturalist 38 (2):443-455. (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); Pascarella, 2006Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. . (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).

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Area distribution map

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Distribution

CANCanada
(Cresson, 1878) CAN-OntCanada - Ontario
(Mitchell, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979) MEXMexico
(Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022) USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962) USA-ARUnited States - Arkansas
(Mitchell, 1935; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
(Mitchell, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979) USA-CAUnited States - California
(Mitchell, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-COUnited States - Colorado
(Mitchell, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979) USA-CTUnited States - Connecticut
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962) USA-DCUnited States - Washington D.C.
(Mitchell, 1962; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-DEUnited States - Delaware
(Cresson, 1878; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-FLUnited States - Florida
(Cresson, 1878; Cockerell, 1914; Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Pascarella et al., 1999; Pascarella, 2006; Hall & Ascher, 2010; Hall & Ascher, 2011; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
(Cresson, 1878; Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-IAUnited States - Iowa
(Mitchell, 1935) USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
(Cresson, 1878; Robertson, 1897; Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-INUnited States - Indiana
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962) USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
(Mitchell, 1935; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-KYUnited States - Kentucky
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-LAUnited States - Louisiana
(Mitchell, 1935; Owens et al., 2018) USA-MAUnited States - Massachusetts
(Cresson, 1878; Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962) USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-MEUnited States - Maine
(Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979) USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962) USA-MNUnited States - Minnesota
(Mitchell, 1935) USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
(Mitchell, 1935; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
(Mitchell, 1935; Michener, 1947; Mitchell, 1962; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
(Cresson, 1878; Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
(Mitchell, 1935) USA-NHUnited States - New Hampshire
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962) USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
(Cockerell, 1906) USA-NYUnited States - New York
(Cresson, 1878; Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-OHUnited States - Ohio
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962) USA-OKUnited States - Oklahoma
(Bzdyk, 2012) USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
(Cresson, 1878; Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962) USA-SCUnited States - South Carolina
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-SDUnited States - South Dakota
(Mitchell, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979) USA-TNUnited States - Tennessee
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962) USA-TXUnited States - Texas
(Mitchell, 1935; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962; Bzdyk, 2012) USA-VTUnited States - Vermont
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962) USA-WIUnited States - Wisconsin
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962) USA-WVUnited States - West Virginia
(Mitchell, 1935; Mitchell, 1962; Bzdyk, 2012)

Literature

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. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314.
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXIII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 14:361-369.
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.
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. 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. 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.
Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7 (14):315-356.

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