Megachile atratiformis
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Megachilidae
Genus: Megachile
Name
Megachile atratiformis Meade-Waldo, 1914 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Megachile atratiformis Meade-Waldo, 1914: 456; Female syntype (NHMUK, examined) Mergui (Low Tenasserim), Myanmar.
- Chalicodoma (Alocanthedon) atratiforme Engel & Gonzalez, 2011: 68–70.
Diagnosis
Female can be easily recognized by its large body size (18–22 mm); black body covered with black hairs throughout (Fig. 2a); clypeus without median tubercle; mandibles four teeth; apical margin of labrum truncate without tooth (Fig. 2d); mesoscutum with weak transverse wrinkle pattern on disc, posteriorly also with weakly transverse wrinkle pattern (Fig. 2e); yellow wings; black scopa. Male can be easily recognized by the presence of black setae patch on medial cell of forewings; apical of T6 with shallow concavity; front tibia modified (Engel and Gonzalez 2011[1]).
Literature records
Malaysia. Negeri Sembilan, Pahang (Meade-Waldo 1914[2]; Gonzalez and Engel 2011; Ascher and Pickering 2020[3]); Myanmar. Mergui Archipelago in Tanintharyi Region (Meade-Waldo 1914[2]; Gonzalez and Engel 2011; Ascher and Pickering 2020[3]); Thailand. Uthai Thani (Engel and Gonzalez 2011[1]).
Material examined
Female syntype. Myanmar: Tannintharyi Region. “Type H. T.; B.M. TYPE HYM. 2037. 17. a.; Megachile atrata (Var), Smith, female; Lower Tenasserim. Mergui, 11–89. C. T. Bingham.; Col. C. T. Bingham 96–30; Megachile (Eumegachile) atratiformis M.W., G. Meade-Waldo det., Type, female; NHMUK 013379843”; Thailand. Nong Khai Province: 1♀, Phon Phisai district, Cowboy Coffee, 18°6'9.95"N, 103°6'17.96"E, Alt. 147.65 m, 15-I-2017, coll. N. Warrit et al. (leg. NC and NW). Ubon Ratchathani Province: 1♀, Phu Jong Na Yoi Nat. P., Kaeng Ka Lao, 14°26'10.98"N, 105°16'37.05"E, Alt. 322 m, 5-I-2019, coll. N. Warrit et al (leg. NC and NW).
Floral records
Engel and Gonzalez (2011)[1] noted the species was captured on an indigenous tree, Dipterocarpus obtusifolius Teijsman & Miquel.
Comments
Meade-Waldo’s original material was composite (Engel and Gonzalez 2011[1]) so we exclude from the distribution records from Middle Tenasserim: Haundraw [also known as Houngdarau] Valley in Myanmar (= M. odontophorum) and also from Penang in Malaysia.
Taxon Treatment
- Chatthanabun, N; Ascher, J; Pinkaew, N; Thanoosing, C; Traiyasut, P; Warrit, N; 2020: Resin bees of genus Megachile, subgenera Callomegachile and Carinula (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from Thailand with description of a new species ZooKeys, 997: 95-144. doi
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Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Engel M, Gonzalez V (2011) Alocanthedon, a new subgenus of Chalicodoma from Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae).ZooKeys101: 51–80. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.101.1182
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Meade-Waldo G (1914) Note on the Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of new species.Annals and Magazine of Natural History14: 450–464. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931408693601
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ascher J, Pickering J (2020) Bee Species Guide (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http:// www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species [Draft 5, last accessed 15 July 2019]
