Megachile (Argyropile) parallela Smith

Gonzalez, Victor H. & Griswold, Terry L., 2007, A review of the North and Central American Megachile subgenus Argyropile Mitchell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), Zootaxa 1461, pp. 1-14 : 3-5

Megachile (Argyropile) parallela Smith

Smith 1853: 191, ♂. Type Locality: Georgia, USA. Type repository: BNHM.

Mitchell 1937: 48 [mandible, genitalia and associated sterna, Pls. V and VI]; 1941: 167 [intersex]; 1943a: 12; 1943b: 661 (Ψ S6, Fig. 18 ); 1962: 159 [♂ genitalia and associated sterna, Fig. 50 , 52 and 55; Fig. 51 , mandible of Ψ and ♂] Fischer 1951: 49; 1953: 47 [nesting biology]

Medler & Lussenhop: 1968: 26 [nesting biology]

Ayala et al. 1997: 454 [distribution in Mexico]

Yañez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz 2004: 188 [distribution in Mexico]

facunda Cresson 1872: 266, ♂. Type locality: Texas, USA. Type repository: ANSP. Cresson 1916: 118 [lectotype designation]

Hurd 1979: 2066 [synonymy with parallela ]

6-dentata Robertson 1895: 125, ♂. Type locality: Illinois, USA. Type repository: INHS.

verbesinae Cockerell 1908: 264, Ψ. Mitchell, 1937: 57. Type locality: Sonoita, Arizona, USA. Type repository: CAS. Mitchell 1944: 132 [synonymy with parallela ]

parallela rita Mitchell 1937: 53, Ψ. Type locality: Mt. Santiago, California, USA. Type repository: USNM.

parallela reta Mitchell 1937: 48, 1943a: 16; misspelling of parallela rita.

asterae Mitchell 1943a: 13 , Ψ. Type locality: Kaibab Forest, Utah, USA. Type repository: CAS. [N. Syn.]

tulariana Mitchell 1937: 53 , Ψ. Type locality: Tulare, California, USA. Type repository: CUIC. [N. Syn.]

Distribution. Southwestern Canada (British Columbia – Saskatchewan), western USA to North Dakota, Indiana, North Carolina and Florida; Mexico and Costa Rica.

Floral records. Aplopappus , Agoseris , Asclepias— Asclepiadaceae , Aster , Baccharis , Baileya multiradiata , Boltonia , Brassica geniculata— Brassicaceae , Calycadenia multiglandulosa , Ceanothus— Rhamnaceae , Centaurea melitensis , C. solstitialis , Cephalanthus— Rubiaceae , Chrysanthemum , Chrysothamnus paniculatus , C. nauseosus , C. viscidiflorus , Cirsium , Clarkia williamsonii— Onagraceae , Coreopsis grandiflora , C. lanceolata , C. tinctoria , C. palmata , Corethrogyne , Chilopsis linearis— Bignoniaceae , Dyssodia , Encelia virginensis , E. farinosa , Ericameria parishii , Erigeron pygmaeus , Eriophyllum confertiflorum , Gaillardia pulchella , G. suavis , Gilia— Polemoniaceae , Gossypium— Malvaceae , Grindelia camporum , G. inuloides , G. squamosa , Gutierrezia californica , G. sarothrae , Haplopappus squarrosus , H. vernonioides , Helenium bigelovii , Helianthus annus , H. atrorubens , H. gracilentus , H. nuttallii , H. petiolaris , Heliopsis , Hemizonia lobbii , H. wrightii , Heterotheca grandiflora , H. subaxillaris , Hypericum— Clusiaceae , Lepachys , Lippia cuneifolia— Verbenaceae , Lotus scoparius— Fabaceae , Malacothrix tenuifolia , Medicago sativa— Fabaceae , Melilotus alba— Fabaceae , Nepeta cataria— Lamiaceae , Palafoxia linearis , Phaseolus— Fabaceae , Petaloste-mon— Fabaceae , Ratibida columnaris , R. columnifera pulcherrima , Rudbeckia bicolor , Sapindus drum-mondi— Sapindaceae , Senecio douglasii , S. flaccidus , Solidago , Silphium , Stephanomeria exigua , Verbena stricta— Verbenaceae , Verbesina , Viguiera , Xanthocephalum , Zexmenia , Zinnia .

Associated organisms: The mite Trochometridium tribulatum Cross (Acari, Trochometridiidae) has been taken from legs, propodeum and metasoma of females. The same mite species has also been recorded from other ground-nesting bees (P. Klimov, Pers. com).

Figures

FIGURE 51. Internal phylogeny of Megachile subgenus Argyropile (strict consensus tree, length = 21, CI = 66, RI = 50). Black circles indicate unique changes; white circles indicate homoplastic changes; character numbers are placed above each change, character-states below (Table 1).

FIGURES 1 – 24. Mid tarsomeres of females (1, 2); male mid tibial spur (3); female mandible (4, 5); sternum six of female, ventral and lateral views (6, 7); apical margin of clypeus of females (8, 9); apex of sternum six (close-up of selected area in Fig. 7) in lateral view (10, 11); superior, lateral and inferior views of male mandible (12 – 20), detail of lacinia of female and male mouthparts (21), and apical margin of clypeus of males (22 – 24). M. flavihirsuta (28); M. longuisetosa sp. nov. (1, 3, 4, 6 - 8, 12 – 14, 21, 22); M. rossi (9, 11, 15 – 17, 23); M. sabinensis (10, 18 – 20, 24).

FIGURE 39 – 50. Male genitalia and associated sterna. Sternum six (39 – 41), genitalia, dorsal and ventral (42 – 44), and lateral views (45 – 47), and sternum eight (48 – 50). Megachile longuisetosa (39, 42, 45, 48); M. rossi (40, 43, 46, 49); M. sabinensis (41, 44, 47, 50).