Megachile (Megachile)

Engel, Michael S., 2017, Replacement names for bees in the tribe Megachilini (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), Journal of Melittology 2017 (70), pp. 1-5 : 2-3

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i70.6558

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:32E97988-F78E-4D88-A216-498078126A33

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scientific name

Megachile (Megachile)
status

 

Megachile (Megachile) agnosta Engel , new name

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Megachile japonica Matsumura, 1910: 304 View in CoL , pl. 27 [fig. 5], nomen praeoccupatum [junior primary homonym, nec Megachile (Xanthosarus) japonica Alfen, 1903 View in CoL ].

ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet is taken from the Greek, agnostos (meaning, “unknown”).

Alfen, J. D. 1903. Zwei neue Bienen aus Japan (Hym.). Zeitschrift fur Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 3 (4): 209 - 211.

Matsumura, S. 1910. Dainippon Gaichu Zensho [Conspectus of Japanese Injurious Insects: Volume 1]. Rokumeikan; Tokyo, Japan; 2 + 308 + 97 pp., + 28 pls. [In Japanese]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Megachilidae

Genus

Megachile