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Megachile (Litomegachile) gentilis Cresson, 1872

Megachile gentilis Cresson, E. T. (1872). Hymenoptera Texana. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 4: 153-292 [267] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2720 <M>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 105-134 [119] .
Type locality: USA, Texas.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Sinaloa, Sonora), United States of America; Neotropical Region: Mexico (Jalisco)

References

Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González- Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [455] (List, distribution (as Megachile (Litomegachile) gentilis))
Bzdyk, E.L. (2012). A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini). ZooKeys 221: 31-61 [44] (Species revision, as Megachile (Litomegachile) gentilis)

How to cite this page
J. S. Moure & G. A. R. Melo, 2022. Megachilini Latreille, 1802. In Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at https://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. Accessed May/12/2024

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 07 Apr 2022