Megachile (Callomegachile) fulvipennis Smith, 1879

Chatthanabun, Nontawat, Ascher, John S., Pinkaew, Nantasak, Thanoosing, Chawatat, Traiyasut, Prapun & Warrit, Natapot, 2020, Resin bees of genus Megachile, subgenera Callomegachile and Carinula (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from Thailand with description of a new species, ZooKeys 997, pp. 95-144 : 95

Megachile (Callomegachile) fulvipennis Smith, 1879 Figs 9 , 10

Megachile fulvipennis Smith, 1879: 68. Female holotype (NHMUK, examined) Nicobar Island, India.

Megachile atratiformis sininsulae Cockerell, 1927: 160.

Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) atratiforme sininsulae : Michener, 1965: 191.

Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) fulvipennis : Michener, 1965: 191.

Diagnosis.

Female superficially resembles M. (Callomegachile) atratiformis (Meade-Waldo, 1914), M. (Callomegachile) memecylonae (Engel, 2011) and M. (Callomegachile) odontophora (Engel, 2011), in overall appearance: black body covered with black hairs throughout; yellow wings; black scopa (Fig. 10a, f ) except smaller size (14-16 mm); punctures on mesoscutum and lower part of mesepisternum striated; mandibles five teeth with two stout apical teeth at apex and three small teeth basally; labrum rectangular (Fig. 10c ).

Literature records.

India. Andaman and Nicobar Island ( Smith 1879; Ascher et al. 2016); Indonesia. Java, Sumatra ( Ascher et al. 2016); Malaysia. Perak, Selangor, Terengganu ( Ascher and Pickering 2020); Singapore. ( Ascher et al. 2016).

Material examined.

Female holotype. Nicobar Island [India]. "Holotype; B.M. TYPE HYM. 2055 17. a.; Megachile fulvipennis Sm. (Type); Nicobar, 76-30; NHMUK 013379844"; Thailand. Nakhon Pathom Province: 1♀, Kamphaeng Saen district, Kamphaeng Saen subdistrict, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, 20-VIII-1956, coll. Chayuta (leg. NC and NW).

Figures

Figure 9. Thai distribution of Megachile (Callomegachile) fulvipennis.

Figure 10. Megachile (Callomegachile) fulvipennis Smith, 1879, female a dorsal view b lateral view c dorsal view of mandible and labrum d frontal view e dorsal view of metasoma f lateral view of metasoma and scopa.