Megachile (Eutricharaea) forbesii Cockerell, 1937

Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 183-219 : 208

Megachile (Eutricharaea) forbesii Cockerell, 1937

( Figs 91–93 )

Megachile forbesii Cockerell, 1937: 172 (type locality: Socotra, Thentud ); PASTEELS (1985): 8 (redescription of ♀ and description of J).

Material examined. Sokotra: Thentud, 11.i.1899, 1 ♀ (holotype) ( BMNH).

Remarks. A species described from a single female specimen ( COCKERELL 1937). PASTEELS (1985) redescribed the female and described the male based on four females and a single male. Distribution. Endemic to Socotra: Thentud ( COCKERELL 1937); Kalansiya ( PASTEELS 1985).

Figures

Figs 91–98. 91–93 – Megachile forbesii Cockerell, 1937, female. 91 – dorsal view; 92 – lateral view; 93 – frontal view. 94–98 – Megachile naevia Kohl, 1906. 94 – female, dorsal view; 95 – female, lateral view; 96 – male, dorsal view; 97 – male, lateral view; 98 – female, frontal view.