Megachile (Callomegachile) paucipunctulata Kirby, 1900

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 : 208-210

Megachile (Callomegachile) paucipunctulata Kirby, 1900

( Figs 99, 100 )

Megachile paucipunctulata Kirby, 1900: 21 (type locality: Socotra, Homhil); KIRBY (1903): 251, plate xvi, fig. 3; KOHL (1906): 17 ( M. sokotrana proposed as junior subjective synonym of M. paucipunctulata ); KOHL (1907): 185; COCKERELL (1907): 132 ( M. sokotrana proposed as junior subjective synonym of M. paucipunctulata ); COCKERELL (1937): 218 (comments on the species recognition).

Megachile sokotrana Friese, 1903: 287 (type locality: Socotra).

Material examined. Socotra: 1 ♀ (holotype of M. sokotrana ), i.1899, O. Simony lgt., F. Kohl det., H. Friese revid. ( NHMW) ; Qualentiah env., slopes 5 km SE from Quaysoh, 12°39′41.5″N 53°26′39.5″E, 1 ♀, 4.–5.vi.2010, V. Hula & J. Niedobová lgt. ( NMPC) ; Noged plain (sand dunes), Sharet Halma vill. env., 20 m, 12°21.9′N, 54°05.3′E, 2 ♀♀, 10.–11.xi.2010, J. Hájek lgt., 3 ♀♀, J. Bezděk lgt. ( NMPC) .

Remarks. Most species of the subgenus Callomegachile Michener, 1962 are distributed in Africa and the east Oriental Region, and no species is distributed in the Arabian Peninsula ( ASCHER & PICKERING 2017), thus we suspect Ethiopian origin of the endemic Socotran species of this subgenus.

Distribution. Endemic to Socotra: Homhil ( KIRBY 1900, 1903); without a precise locality ( FRIESE 1903; KOHL 1906, 1907).

Figures

Figs 99–107. 99–100 – Megachile paucipunctulata Kirby, 1900, female. 99 – dorsal view; 100 – lateral view. 101–103 – Megachile wfkirbyi Kohl, 1906. 101 – female, lateral view; 102 – male, dorsal view; 103 – male, lateral view. 104–105 – Protosmia megaceps (Kohl, 1906), female. 104 – lateral view; 105 – dorsal view. 106–107 – Xenostelis polychroma Baker, 1999, female. 106 – lateral view; 107 – dorsal view. Figs 106 and 107 photographed by M. Kuhlmann.