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Megachile banksi Mitchell, 1930

Megachile banksi Mitchell, 1930:220, ♀. Holotype ♀, Canal Zone, Ancon, Panama, August 4, 1924 (M.C.Z., no. 16202, leg. N. Banks); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:62, Type ♀, examined (MCZ, 16202); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:74, Type ♀, examined (MCZ, 16202). - Mitchell, 1930Mitchell, T.B. 1930. A contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical Megachile with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 56 (3):155-305. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97. (distribution); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127. (distribution); Gonzalez et al., 2012Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934. (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 bankai: - Nates-Parra & González, 2000Nates-Parra, G. & V.H. González 2000. The colombian wild bees: Whay and how to preserve them. Acta biol. Colomb. 5 (1):5-37. (distribution); Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution). - As Megachile bankai: - Nates-Parra & González, 2000Nates-Parra, G. & V.H. González 2000. The colombian wild bees: Whay and how to preserve them. Acta biol. Colomb. 5 (1):5-37. (distribution); Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution).
Megachile petulans abnegata Cockerell, 1931:538, ♂♀. Holotype ♂, Yucatan: Chichenitza (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, leg. Bequaert); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:62, Type ♀ (MCZ, 16267); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:74, Type ♀ (MCZ, 16267). - 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); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:62 ( listed as synonym of Megachile banksi Mitchell, 1930).

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Area distribution map

map of Megachile banksi Mitchell, 1930

Distribution

COLColombia
 (Mitchell, 1930; Nates-Parra & González, 2000; Smith-Pardo, 2003; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007; Gonzalez et al., 2012)
MEXMexico
 (Raw, 2004 [as Megachile petulans abnegata Cockerell, 1931]; Raw, 2004; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-YucMexico - Yucatán
 (Mitchell, 1930; Cockerell, 1931 [as Megachile petulans abnegata Cockerell, 1931]; Cockerell, 1932 [as Megachile petulans abnegata Cockerell, 1931]; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile petulans abnegata Cockerell, 1931])
PANPanama
 (Mitchell, 1930; Michener, 1954; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)

Literature

  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1931. Descriptions and records of bees. - CXXX. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 10 (8):537-553.
  • 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.
  • Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1930. A contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical Megachile with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 56 (3):155-305.
  • Nates-Parra, G. & V.H. González 2000. The colombian wild bees: Whay and how to preserve them. Acta biol. Colomb. 5 (1):5-37.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341.