Megachile (Pseudocentron) luctifera Spinola

Genaro, Julio A. & Franz, Nico M., 2008, The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), Insecta Mundi 2008 (40), pp. 1-24 : 7

Megachile (Pseudocentron) luctifera Spinola ( Fig. 7 )

Megachile luctifera Spinola, 1841: 142 . Holotype female in MSNT.

= Megachile binotata Guérin-Méneville, 1844: 450 . Holotype female in MCSNG.

= Megachile flavitarsata F. Smith, 1853: 183 . Holotype male in BMNH.

= Megachile barbadensis Cockerell, 1937b: 111 . Holotype male in USNM.

GD: Barbados, Colombia, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Martinique, and United States Virgin Islands (St. Croix and St. Thomas) ( Cockerell 1938, as M. binotata ; Genaro 1998).

Figures

Figure 7-13. Megachilidae. 7) Megachile luctifera Spinola. 8) Proctacanthus danforthi (Diptera: Asilidae) eating a male of M. holosericea (Fabr.). 9) M. holosericea, male. 10) M. holosericea, female. 11) M. concinna F. Smith, male with detail of tergum VI, with small teeth. 12) M. lanata (Fabr.). 13) M. rufipennis (Fabr.).