Amegilla (Amegilla) quadrifasciata (de Villers, 1789)

Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 183-219 : 185

Amegilla (Amegilla) quadrifasciata (de Villers, 1789)

( Figs 4–7, 10, 11 )

Podalirius quadrifasciatus (de Villers, 1789) : KIRBY (1903): 252; KOHL (1906): 4; KOHL (1907): 172.

Material examined. Sokotra , 1 ♀, i.1899, O. Simony lgt., F. Kohl det. ; J. Samha, 3 ♀♀, i.1899, O. Simony lgt., H. Friese et F. Kohl det.; Sokotra , Ras Shoab, 1 J 1 ♀, i.1899, O. Simony lgt., F. Kohl det. (all in NHMW) ; wadi Deneghan , 1 ♀, 19.ii.2000, W. Wranik lgt. ( NMPC) .

Remarks. WRANIK (2003: 454) presents a photograph of A. quadrifasciata from Hadiboh and incorrectly interprets this species as Eucera sp.

Distribution. A species widely distributed in the entire Palaearctic Region, but absent in the Arabian Peninsula ( ASCHER & PICKERING 2017). In Socotra reported from Moukaradia (= Gebel Raggit), Homhil, Dinehan Valley, Adho Dimellus ( KIRBY 1903); Ras Shoab, Haghier Mts., and from Samha island ( KOHL 1906, 1907).

Figures

Figs 1–11. 1–3 – Amegilla pyramidalis (Kirby, 1900). 1 – female, dorsal view; 2 – male, lateral view; 3 – female, lateral view. 4–7 – Amegilla quadrifasciata (de Villers, 1789). 4 – female, dorsal view; 5 – male, dorsal view; 6 – female, lateral view; 7 – male, lateral view. 8–9 – Amegilla pyramidalis. 8 – female, frons; 9 – male, frons. 10–11 – Amegilla quadrifasciata. 10 – female, frons; 11 – male, frons.