Megachile (Pseudomegachile) lanata (Fabricius)

Genaro, Julio A. & Franz, Nico M., 2008, The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), Insecta Mundi 2008 (40), pp. 1-24 : 8

Megachile (Pseudomegachile) lanata (Fabricius) ( Fig. 12 )

Apis lanata Fabricius, 1775: 385 . Lectotype female in ZMUC.

= Apis purpurea Christ, 1791: 168 .

= Megachile martindalei Fox, 1891: 344 . Holotype male in ANSP.

GD (in the neotropics): Barbados, Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud), Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico (including key Caja de Muerto), St. Vincent, Trinidad, and United States (Florida) ( Cockerell 1938; Eickwort 1971; Genaro 2007). Introduced into the West Indies from Africa, via the slave trade ( Eickwort 1971; Mitchell 1980).

Figures

Figure 7-13. Megachilidae. 7) Megachile luctifera Spinola. 8) Proctacanthus danforthi (Diptera: Asilidae) eating a male of M. holosericea (Fabr.). 9) M. holosericea, male. 10) M. holosericea, female. 11) M. concinna F. Smith, male with detail of tergum VI, with small teeth. 12) M. lanata (Fabr.). 13) M. rufipennis (Fabr.).