APIDAE Megachilinae Megachilini Megachile Megachile (Rhyssomegachile)
Megachile (Rhyssomegachile) turbulenta Mitchell, 1930
Megachile turbulenta
Mitchell, T. B. (1930). A contribution to the knowledge of neotropical Megachile with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 56: 155-305 [255] .
Type data: neotype NCSU 0006818 <M>.
Subsequent designation: Gonzalez, V. H., Griswold, T. L. & Engel, M. S. (2018). South American leaf cutter bees (genus Megachile) of the subgenera Rhyssomegachile and Zonomegachile, with two new subgenera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 425: 1-73 [21] .
Type locality: Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Buenavista.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia
References
Gonzalez, V. H., Griswold, T. L. & Engel, M. S. (2018). South American leaf cutter bees (genus Megachile) of the subgenera Rhyssomegachile and Zonomegachile, with two new subgenera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 425: 1-73 [22] (Synonymy, partim as Megachile (Aporiochile) tricosa)
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [667] (Taxonomy)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 07 Apr 2022