Megachile (Megachiloides) seducta Mitchell, 1934

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Megachile (Megachiloides) seducta Mitchell, 1934 **

[ Holotype: CASC; ♀ Keen Camp , Riverside County, California, USA; June 6–12, 1917]

Megachile seducta , considered possibly extinct in the USA by NatureServe ( Young et al. 2016), represents a new species record for Mexico. The BBPT collected this species in the Coastal Sage Matorral in May (1 ♀) and June 2020 (2 ♀). Voucher specimens are housed in MABC (2 ♀) and ECOAB (1 ♀) . See fig. 227.