Megachile (Eutricharea) argentata (FABRICIUS, 1793)

Madl, Michael, 2019, A catalogue of the Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Eritrea, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 1375-1389 : 1380

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3745481

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3809503

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Megachile (Eutricharea) argentata (FABRICIUS, 1793)
status

 

Megachile (Eutricharea) argentata (FABRICIUS, 1793) View in CoL

Megachile argentata (FABRICIUS, 1793) View in CoL : WALKER 1871: 47 (tax., Harkeko, Massawa).

Megachile argentata (FABRICIUS, 1793) View in CoL : INNES BEY 1911: 105 (Harkeko, cat. Lord Collection).

Distribution:Harkeko,Massawa.

This record of the Palaearctic Megachile argentata , which has been overlooked till now, should be checked, because there are similar species in the Afrotropical region (e.g. Megachile forbesii COCKERELL, 1937 ).

COCKERELL T. D. A. (1937): African Bees of the Genera Ceratina, Halictus and Megachile. - London (Trustees of the British Museum): VII-XVI, 254 pp.

INNES Bey W. (1911): Une liste d'Insectes recueillis probablement par J. LORD en Egypte et determines par F. Walker. - Bulletin de la Societe'Entomologique d'Egypte 4 (1): 97 - 115.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

SuperFamily

Apoidea

Family

Megachilidae

Genus

Megachile