Protosmia megaceps ( Kohl, 1906 )

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 : 210

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https://doi.org/ 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0118

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scientific name

Protosmia megaceps ( Kohl, 1906 )
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Protosmia megaceps ( Kohl, 1906) View in CoL

( Figs 104, 105 View Figs 99–107. 99–100 )

Osmia megaceps Kohl, 1906: 14 View in CoL (type locality: Socotra, Ras Shoab). Osmia megaceps Kohl, 1907: 182 View in CoL (junior homonym and objective synonym). Protosmia megaceps: UNGRICHT et al. (2008) View in CoL : 200 (new combination).

Material examined. Sokotra: Ras Shoab, 1 J 1 ♀, i.1899, O. Simony lgt., F. Kohl det. ( NHMW).

Remarks. Known from one male and one female of the type series only. Protosmia Ducke, 1900 is a widely distributed Holarctic genus of bees that is missing in Africa (except the north) with a few rare Arabian species ( ASCHER & PICKERING 2017). For this reason we suspect Palaearctic origin of this endemic Socotran species.

Distribution. Endemic to Socotra.

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Megachilidae

Genus

Protosmia

Loc

Protosmia megaceps ( Kohl, 1906 )

Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain 2017
2017
Loc

Osmia megaceps

UNGRICHT S. & MULLER A. & DORN S. 2008: 200
KOHL F. F. 1907: 182
KOHL F. F. 1906: 14
1906
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