Protosmia megaceps ( Kohl, 1906 )

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 : 210

Protosmia megaceps ( Kohl, 1906)

( Figs 104, 105 )

Osmia megaceps Kohl, 1906: 14 (type locality: Socotra, Ras Shoab). Osmia megaceps Kohl, 1907: 182 (junior homonym and objective synonym). Protosmia megaceps: UNGRICHT et al. (2008) : 200 (new combination).

Material examined. Sokotra: Ras Shoab, 1 J 1 ♀, i.1899, O. Simony lgt., F. Kohl det. ( NHMW).

Remarks. Known from one male and one female of the type series only. Protosmia Ducke, 1900 is a widely distributed Holarctic genus of bees that is missing in Africa (except the north) with a few rare Arabian species ( ASCHER & PICKERING 2017). For this reason we suspect Palaearctic origin of this endemic Socotran species.

Distribution. Endemic to Socotra.

Figures

Figs 99–107. 99–100 – Megachile paucipunctulata Kirby, 1900, female. 99 – dorsal view; 100 – lateral view. 101–103 – Megachile wfkirbyi Kohl, 1906. 101 – female, lateral view; 102 – male, dorsal view; 103 – male, lateral view. 104–105 – Protosmia megaceps (Kohl, 1906), female. 104 – lateral view; 105 – dorsal view. 106–107 – Xenostelis polychroma Baker, 1999, female. 106 – lateral view; 107 – dorsal view. Figs 106 and 107 photographed by M. Kuhlmann.