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Megachile leachella  Curtis, 1828
Taxonomic Serial No.: 761686

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Megachile dorsalis Pérez, 1879
  
    Megachile argentata fossoria Ferton, 1909
  
    Megachile leachella dorsalis Pérez, 1879
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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, guępes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyApoidea  – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps  
                                           FamilyMegachilidae  – leafcutting bees  
                                              SubfamilyMegachilinae   
                                                 TribeMegachilini   
                                                    GenusMegachile Latreille, 1802  
                                                       SpeciesMegachile leachella Curtis, 1828  
    Direct Children:  
                                                          SubspeciesMegachile leachella leachella Curtis, 1828  
                                                          SubspeciesMegachile leachella maadiensis van der Zanden, 1986  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John S. Ascher, PhD   
  Notes: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore   
  Reference for: Megachile leachella    
       
  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 leachella   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lhomme, Patrick, Denis Michez, Stefanie Christmann, Erwin Scheuchl, Insafe el Abdouni, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title: The wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Morocco   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 4892, no. 1   
  Page(s): 001-159   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4892.1.1   
  Reference for: Megachile leachella   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nieto, Ana, Stuart P.M. Roberts, James Kemp, Pierre Rasmont, Michael Kuhlmann, et. al.   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: European Red List of Bees   
  Page(s): x + 84   
  Publisher: Publication Office of the European Union   
  Publication Place: Luxembourg   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9789279445125   
  Notes: DOI:10.2779/77003   
  Reference for: Megachile leachella   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Romasenko, Ludmila P., and Józef Banaszak   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Notes on the specific status of Chalicodoma saussurei (Radoszkowski, 1874) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genus, vol. 13, no. 3   
  Page(s): 397-404   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2035-5556   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Megachile leachella   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Schwarz, M., and F. Gusenleitner   
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: The valid name for Megachile leachella Curtis 1828 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and some comments   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Linzer Biologische Beiträge, vol. 44, no. 1   
  Page(s): 863-873   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0253-116X   
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  Reference for: Megachile leachella   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: "Megachile leachella is a representative of the subgenus Eutricharaea within the genus Megachile. For many years this species was misidentified by European authors as M. argentata (F.). In 1872 Thomson established the subgenus Eutricharaea and designated the putative M. argentata as its type species. This fact was revealed by Hurd (1967). On the basis of type studies of Fabrician Apis argentata he concluded that it was not Megachile argentata as interpretated by European authors, but a North African species of Megachile, belonging to the subgenus Eutricharaea. He designated the lectotype for Apis argentata Fabricius in 1964. For the European so-called M. argentata he pro-posed a valid name - M. leachella Curtis." Romasenko, L. P., and J. Banaszak, 1874  
 

 

    


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