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Megachile policaris Say, 1831

Megachile policaris Say, 1831:17, Say, 1837Say, 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.:406, ♂, Louisiana (leg. Mr. Barabino); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:95, Type ♀ (unknown). - 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); 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). - As Megachile pollicaris: - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); 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); Fox, 1893Fox, W.J. 1893. Report on some mexican Hymenoptera, principally from lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 (4):1-25. (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, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VII. Taxonomy of the subgenus Sayapis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (2):175-206. (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), 2071 (listed). - As Megatchile pollicaris: - As Megatchile pollicaris:
Megachile grandis Cresson, 1872:268, ♀. 14 ♀♀, Texas (leg. Belfrage, Boll, Heiligbrodt); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:95, Type ♀ (ANSP, 2457). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.:444 ( listed as synonym of Megachile pollicaris Say, 1831); Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VII. Taxonomy of the subgenus Sayapis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (2):175-206.:197 ( listed as synonym of Megachile pollicaris Say, 1831); 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.:2071 ( listed as synonym of Megachile policaris Say, 1831); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:95 ( listed as synonym of Megachile policaris Say, 1831).
Megachile pollicaris perexima Cockerell, 1900:12, ♂. ♂, Beulah, May 30 (leg. W. Porter); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:95, Type ♂ (unknown). - Cockerell, 1924Cockerell, T.D.A. 1924. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. The bees (II). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 12 (27):529-560. (distribution); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:176 ( listed as synonym of Megachile policaris Say, 1831); 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.:2071 ( listed as synonym of Megachile policaris Say, 1831). - As Megachile pollicaris pereximia: - Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314. (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, 1932Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard expeditions of 1929-1930. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:9-17. (distribution); Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VII. Taxonomy of the subgenus Sayapis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (2):175-206.:197 ( listed as synonym of Megachile pollicaris Say, 1831); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:95 ( listed as synonym of Megachile policaris Say, 1831). - As Megachile pollicaris pereximia: - Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314. (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, 1932Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard expeditions of 1929-1930. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:9-17. (distribution); Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VII. Taxonomy of the subgenus Sayapis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (2):175-206.:197 ( listed as synonym of Megachile pollicaris Say, 1831); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:95 ( listed as synonym of Megachile policaris Say, 1831).
Megachile vallorum Cockerell, 1900:18, ♀. 2 ♀♀, Socorra, June 29 (leg. Cockerell); ♀, Las Cruces (leg. Agnes Williams); ♀, Mesilla, June 24 (leg. Cockerell); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:95, Type ♀ (unknown). - Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314. (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); Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VII. Taxonomy of the subgenus Sayapis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (2):175-206.:197 ( listed as synonym of Megachile pollicaris Say, 1831); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:176 ( listed as synonym of Megachile policaris Say, 1831); 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.:2071 ( listed as synonym of Megachile policaris Say, 1831); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:95 ( listed as synonym of Megachile policaris Say, 1831).

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Area distribution map

map of Megachile policaris Say, 1831

Distribution

CANCanada
 (Dalla Torre, 1896)
MEXMexico
 (Fox, 1893; Cockerell, 1899; Mitchell, 1962; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-BCSMexico - Baja California Sur
 (Cockerell, 1924 [as Megachile pollicaris perexima Cockerell, 1900])
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-DurMexico - Durango
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
 (Raw, 2007)
MEX-MdOMexico - Michoacán
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
 (Mitchell, 1937)
MEX-YucMexico - Yucatán
 (Cockerell, 1932 [as Megachile pollicaris pereximia Cockerell, 1900]; Raw, 2007)
USAUnited States
 (Raw, 2007)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Mitchell, 1937; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Mitchell, 1937; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Pascarella et al., 1999; Pascarella, 2006; Raw, 2007; Hall & Ascher, 2010; Hall & Ascher, 2011)
USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
 (Mitchell, 1962; Pascarella, 2006)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Mitchell, 1937; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007)
USA-LAUnited States - Louisiana
 (Say, 1837; Dalla Torre, 1896; Krombein et al., 1979; Pascarella, 2006; Raw, 2007; Owens et al., 2018)
USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
 (Mitchell, 1937; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Cockerell, 1906 [as Megachile vallorum Cockerell, 1900]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Megachile pollicaris pereximia Cockerell, 1900]; Mitchell, 1937; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile vallorum Cockerell, 1900]; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile pollicaris pereximia Cockerell, 1900]; Raw, 2007)
USA-OKUnited States - Oklahoma
 (Mitchell, 1937; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872 [as Megachile grandis Cresson, 1872]; Cresson, 1872; Cresson, 1879; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1911 [as Megachile vallorum Cockerell, 1900]; Cockerell, 1911 [as Megachile pollicaris pereximia Cockerell, 1900]; Mitchell, 1937; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile grandis Cresson, 1872]; Raw, 2007)

Literature

  • 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. 1900. The New Mexico bees of the genus Megachile and a new Andrena. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7 (6):7-20.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314.
  • 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. 1924. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. The bees (II). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 12 (27):529-560.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard expeditions of 1929-1930. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:9-17.
  • 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.
  • Fox, W.J. 1893. Report on some mexican Hymenoptera, principally from lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 (4):1-25.
  • 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.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VII. Taxonomy of the subgenus Sayapis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (2):175-206.
  • 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. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.
  • 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.
  • 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.