First description of male of Megachile (Pseudocentron) gomphrenoides Vachal and redescription of female (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

Megachile is one of the largest genus of the family Megachilidae widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas of the world. Megachile (Pseudocentron) gomphrenoides was described by Vachal (1908) based on three female collected in Buenos Aires. Recently in a work about nest building of bees, we...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Durante, Silvana P., Torretta, Juan Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/16149
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/16149
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Megachilini
Leafcutter Bees
Argentina
Trap-Nests
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
Descripción
Sumario:Megachile is one of the largest genus of the family Megachilidae widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas of the world. Megachile (Pseudocentron) gomphrenoides was described by Vachal (1908) based on three female collected in Buenos Aires. Recently in a work about nest building of bees, we obtained females and males of this species in trap-nest. In this paper, the original description of the female is enlarged and the first description of the male is provided. Additionally, floral host and new record geographical are presented.