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Megachile brevis brevis Say, 1837

- As Megachile brevis brevis: - 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); 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); Pascarella, 2006Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. . (distribution).
Megachile lanuginosa Smith, 1853:190, ♂♀. ♂, ♀, St. John's Bluff, East Florida (E. Doubleday); Cockerell, 1905Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31:309-364.:337, Type ♀ (British Museum); 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.:37, Syntypes ♂, ♀ (BMNH). - 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.:13 ( listed as synonym of Megachile brevis Say, 1837); 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.:2051 ( listed as synonym of Megachile brevis brevis Say, 1837); 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.:37 ( listed as synonym of Megachile brevis Say, 1837). - As Megachile languinosa: - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:114 ( listed as synonym of Megachile brevis brevis Say, 1837). - As Megachile languinosa: - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:114 ( listed as synonym of Megachile brevis brevis Say, 1837).
Megachile nupta Cresson, 1872:268, ♀. 3 ♀♀, 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.:18, Type ♀ (A.N.S.P., no. 2449); 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.:37, Lectotype ♀ (USNM). - 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); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:114 ( listed as synonym of Megachile brevis brevis Say, 1837); 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.:2051 ( listed as synonym of Megachile brevis brevis Say, 1837); 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.:37 ( listed as synonym of Megachile brevis Say, 1837). - As Megachile brevis nupta: - 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).

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Area distribution map

map of Megachile brevis brevis Say, 1837

Distribution

CANCanada
 (Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USAUnited States
 (Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-CTUnited States - Connecticut
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-DCUnited States - Washington D.C.
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Smith, 1853 [as Megachile lanuginosa Smith, 1853]; Mitchell, 1962; Pascarella et al., 1999; Pascarella, 2006; Bzdyk, 2012 [as Megachile lanuginosa Smith, 1853])
USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-INUnited States - Indiana
 (Say, 1837; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-KYUnited States - Kentucky
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MAUnited States - Massachusetts
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MEUnited States - Maine
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
 (Michener, 1947; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MTUnited States - Montana
 (Mitchell, 1935 [as Megachile brevis nupta Cresson, 1872])
USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
 (Mitchell, 1935 [as Megachile brevis nupta Cresson, 1872])
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-NYUnited States - New York
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-OHUnited States - Ohio
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-RIUnited States - Rhode Island
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-TNUnited States - Tennessee
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872 [as Megachile languinosa Smith, 1853]; Cresson, 1872 [as Megachile nupta Cresson, 1872]; Cresson, 1879 [as Megachile nupta Cresson, 1872]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Megachile nupta Cresson, 1872]; Mitchell, 1935 [as Megachile brevis nupta Cresson, 1872]; Bzdyk, 2012 [as Megachile nupta Cresson, 1872])
USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-WIUnited States - Wisconsin
 (Mitchell, 1962)

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. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31:309-364.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Say, T. 1837. Descriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described [Concluded from p. 305]. Boston Journal of Natural History 1 (4):361-416.
  • Smith, F. 1853. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London. 197 pp, 6 pl.