Megachile (Callomegachile) cephalotes (Smith)

Kumari, Priyanka & Kumar, Neelima R., 2014, Studies on Megachile Latreille subgenus Callomegachile Michener (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from Chandigarh and Haryana plains, India, Zootaxa 3814 (4), pp. 591-599 : 594

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.4.10

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5667976

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Megachile (Callomegachile) cephalotes (Smith)
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Megachile (Callomegachile) cephalotes (Smith) View in CoL

MALE ( Figs. 12–17 View FIGURES 12 – 17 ). Diagnosis. The males of this species have black integument, apices of mandibles, part of tibia and all tarsi of fore legs; apical margin of basal and 4th sterna with red hue.

Clypeus strongly convex, finely and closely punctate; lower margin of mandible with stout but short submedian process, covered with dense pubescence; front coxae with elongate spine, forebase tarsi much produced in a short spine anterio-apically, apices of tarsi slightly excavated; transverse carina of 6th tergum deeply incurved medially, incurved sides distinctly produced; basal sternum abruptly declivious and much expanded apically; sternal fasciae interrupted medially.

Floral Associations: Fabaceae ( Trigonella foenum-graecum L., Millettia pinnata (L.)), Lamiaceae ( Ocimum sanctum L.), Lythraceae ( Lagerstroemia indica L.)

Recorded from Chandigarh, Panchkula, Sarangpur.

Specimens examined: 5 ♂, Panchkula, 22 Apr. 2012, 3 ♂, Panchkula, 24 Apr. 2012, 2m #, Sarangpur, 2 May 2012, 1 ♂, Chandigarh, 10 Jul. 2012, 3 ♂, Chandigarh, 11 Aug. 2012, 5 ♂ Panchkula, 25 Apr. 2013, 6 ♂, Panchkula, 2 May 2013.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Megachilidae

Genus

Megachile

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