Megachile (Dasymegachile)

Engel, Michael S., 2017, Replacement names for bees in the tribe Megachilini (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), Journal of Melittology 2017 (70), pp. 1-5 : 3

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.17161/jom.v0i70.6558
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/783E1230-3B54-9D3E-EB25-03C7FD9A4C32
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Megachile (Dasymegachile)
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Megachile (Dasymegachile) schwimmeri Engel , new name

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Cressoniella (Chaetochile) golbachi Schwimmer View in CoL in Mitchell, 1980: 87.

Megachile (Chaetochile) golbachi (Schwimmer) View in CoL ; Michener, 2000: 555 [recombination implied by transfer of Chaetochile to Megachile View in CoL s.l.], nomen praeoccupatum (nec Megachile golbachi Schletterer, 1891 View in CoL ).

Megachile (Dasymegachile) mitchelli Raw, 2004: 2 View in CoL , nomen novum pro Megachile golbachi View in CoL (Schwimmer in Mitchell, 1980) (nec Megachile golbachi Schletterer, 1891 View in CoL ), et nomen praeoccupatum [nec Megachile (Creightonella) mitchelli View in CoL ( Gupta, 1989 [1990]) (originally as Creightonella mitchelli Gupta View in CoL but transferred by implication of placement of Creightonella in Megachile View in CoL s.l. by Michener, 2000; note also that Creightonella narmadaensis Gupta, 1993 View in CoL , nomen nudum et vanum, was intended as an unnecessary replacement name for C. mitchelli Gupta View in CoL [in litt., 2004, vide infra], and even appeared again in Gupta, 1999)].

ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet honors the original describer of the species, Eric Schwimmer.

NOTE: Regarding Gupta’s unnecessary replacement name, he stated (in litt. to D.B. Baker, 2004) that Creightonella narmadaensis was intended as a replacement for Creightonella mitchelli Gupta , writing at the time, “since the name was preoccupied as someone informed me”. A routine inspection, however, would have established that there was in fact no homonymy involved.