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Megachile agnosta  Engel, 2017
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1164256

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Megachile japonica Matsumura, 1910
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyApoidea  – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps  
                                           FamilyMegachilidae  – leafcutting bees  
                                              SubfamilyMegachilinae   
                                                 TribeMegachilini   
                                                    GenusMegachile Latreille, 1802  
                                                       SpeciesMegachile agnosta Engel, 2017  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John S. Ascher, PhD  
  Notes: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore   
  Reference for: Megachile agnosta    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-54, website (version Draft-54)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 1 February, 2020. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species   
  Reference for: Megachile agnosta   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Engel, Michael S.  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Replacement names for bees in the tribe Megachilini (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Melittology, vol. 70   
  Page(s): 1-5   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2325-4467   
  Notes: DOI:10.17161/jom.v0i70.6558   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: The specific epithet of Megachile agnosta is taken from the Greek, agnostos (meaning, unknown)  
    Megachile agnosta Engel, 2017 was published as a replacement name for Megachile japonica Matsumura, 1910, a junior primary homonym of Megachile japonica Alfken, 1903 (TSN 761625)  
 

 

    

 
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