Amegilla (Micramegilla) pyramidalis ( Kirby, 1900 )

Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 183-219 : 185

Amegilla (Micramegilla) pyramidalis ( Kirby, 1900)

( Figs 1–3, 8, 9 )

Podalirius pyramidalis Kirby, 1900: 24 (type locality: Abd el Kuri); KIRBY (1903): 257 (redescription).

Podalirius albigenus (Lepeletièr, 1841) : KOHL (1906): 5 (as senior subjective synonym of P. pyramidalis ); KOHL (1907): 173.

Amegilla pyramidalis: ENGEL (2007) : 824 (valid species, new combination).

Material examined. Ab-del Kari, 6 ♀♀, i.1899, O. Simony lgt.; Sokotra, 1 J, i.1899, O. Simony lgt.; Sokotra, Ras

Shoab, 1 J, i.1899, O. Simony lgt., H. Friese et F. Kohl det. as Podalirius albigenus (all in NHMW).

Remarks. WRANIK (2003: 373) presents the figure of A. pyramidalis taken from KIRBY (1903) and incorrectly interprets it as Eucera sp. The species is closely related to Amegilla albigena (Lepeletièr, 1841) . Due to the similarities of A. pyramidalis to A. albigena , we suspect their close relationship and origin of A. pyramidalis in the Palaearctic Region.

Distribution. Possibly endemic to Socotra Archipelago. Recorded from Abd-el-Kuri ( KIRBY 1900, 1903; KOHL 1906, 1907) and Socotra: Ras Shoab ( KOHL 1906, 1907). Reported also from ‘ Südarabien, Makálla’ by KOHL (1906, 1907), however considered restricted to the Socotra Archipelago by ENGEL (2007).

Figures

Figs 1–11. 1–3 – Amegilla pyramidalis (Kirby, 1900). 1 – female, dorsal view; 2 – male, lateral view; 3 – female, lateral view. 4–7 – Amegilla quadrifasciata (de Villers, 1789). 4 – female, dorsal view; 5 – male, dorsal view; 6 – female, lateral view; 7 – male, lateral view. 8–9 – Amegilla pyramidalis. 8 – female, frons; 9 – male, frons. 10–11 – Amegilla quadrifasciata. 10 – female, frons; 11 – male, frons.