Megachile (Zonomegachile) moderata Smith, 1879

Gonzalez, Victor H., Griswold, Terry & Engel, Michael S., 2018, South American Leaf-Cutter Bees (Genus Megachile) Of The Subgenera Rhyssomegachile And Zonomegachile, With Two New Subgenera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2018 (425), pp. 1-73 : 1-73

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4631051

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Megachile (Zonomegachile) moderata Smith
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Megachile (Zonomegachile) moderata Smith View in CoL

Figures 4F View FIGURE 4 , 6 View FIGURE 6 A–C, 21, 28–30

Megachile moderata Smith, 1879: 74 View in CoL (holotype ♀, examined, BMNH 17A.2430: “Ega [Tefé], Amazonas, Brazil). Silveira et al., 2002: 215 (placement in Zonomegachile Mitchell ).

Megachile mariannae Dalla Torre, 1896: 438 View in CoL , nomen vanum (unnecessary replacement name for M. moderata Smith View in CoL ).

Chrysosarus (Zonomegachile) mariannae (Dalla Torre) View in CoL ; Mitchell, 1980: 72.

DIAGNOSIS: The female of this species is most similar to M. durantae and M. paisa . It shares with both species a mesoscutellum that is imbricate among setiferous punctures (fig. 28C), and it can be recognized by the S5 with mostly yellowish setae (with black setae in M. durantae and M. paisa ) and the mesoscutellum and terga with finer and denser punctures. The males, tentatively associated with this species (see Comments, below), can be recognized by the combination of a small, anteriorly directed hypostomal tooth, not distinct in frontal view (fig. 29A, D); inferior margin of mandible basally with dark gray or black branched setae; procoxa with apical spine short, about as long as an OD; and probasitarsus not or barely expanded posteriorly, about 2.7× longer than broad, with a sparser fringe on the posterior margin (fig. 29E).

REDESCRIPTION: Holotype, Female: As described for M. durantae except as follows: total body length 14.8 mm; forewing length 10.5 mm; head width 4.4 mm. Intertorular distance 1.4× torulorbital distance; interocellar distance 2.8× OD.

Body color dark reddish brown except: outer surface of mandible light reddish brown (excluding distal margin); tegula yellowish; mesosoma excluding legs black; and discs of T2–T6 dark brown. S3–S5 with mostly yellowish setae, dark grayish-brown setae on sides only; S6 with dark grayish-brown setae. Wings slightly more yellow than those of M. durantae .

Mesoscutum and terga with punctures slightly finer and denser than in M. durantae .

HOLOTYPE: ♀, Ega [Tefé]/ Ega / Type / B.M. Type Hym. 17a.2430/ Megachile moderata (Type) Sm ( BMNH).

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED (n = 28♂♂, 3♀♀): Bolivia: 2♂♂, Bolivia: Beni, Reyes , 10 December 1956 (L. Peña)/ SEMC 1179006–07 About SEMC ( SEMC) ; 3♂♂, Bolivia: Dpto. La Paz, Alta Marani , N of Rurrenbaque, 10 Nov 1956 (L. Peña)/ SEMC 1179004 About SEMC , -005, 1204249 ( SEMC) ; 1♂, Bolivia, La Paz, Altamarani, N. Rurrenabaque on Rio Beni, 5/ 11 November 1956 / SEMC 1204199 About SEMC ( SEMC) ; 1♂, Bolivia, Beni, Rurrenabaque , 175 mts, 23 October 1956 (L. Peña)/ SEMC 1204248 About SEMC ; 1♂, ut supra, 17 October 1956 / SEMC 1179002 About SEMC ( SEMC) ; 1♂, Region Chapare, Bolivia, 400 m, VIII-1950 [August 1950], Zischka / SEMC 1178871 About SEMC ( SEMC). Brazil: 5♂♂, Brasil , Guapore , Pimienta Bueno [Rondônia], November 1960 (M. Alvarenga)/ SEMC 1178983–85 About SEMC , 1178987 About SEMC , -88 ( SEMC) ; 3♂♂, Guapore, Abunã, Nov. ‘62. [1962], (W. Bokermann)/ SEMC 1204891 About SEMC , -99, 1204906 ( SEMC) ; 1♂, ut supra, Vilhena, Nov. ’60 [1960], (M. Alvarenga)/ SEMC 1204792 About SEMC ( SEMC) ; 2♂♂, Porto Velho, Guaporé, Brasil , XII-1954 [July 1954], M. Alvarenga /Coleção Campos Seabra / SEMC 1179021 About SEMC , 1204737 About SEMC ( SEMC) ; 1♂, ut supra, M. Alvarenga, Dente, F. Pereira e Werner / Coleção Campos Seabra / SEMC 1204736 About SEMC ( SEMC). Colombia: 1♂, Colombia : Amazonas , Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu / 2 km above mouth of Rio Amazonas , 4 October 1988, Fernando Fernández / SEMC 1204260 About SEMC ( SEMC). Ecuador: 1♀, Napo Prov. Yasuni National Park , Est. La Catolica ; Nov. 7–15 1998, D. Roubik No. 63 ( BBSL) ; 1♂, Ecuador, Oriente, 00°24′S, 76°36′W, Limoncocha , 31 August 1970, M.G. Naumann, #203/ SEMC 1206099 About SEMC ( SEMC). French Guiana: 1♀, French Guiana, Kourou, Km 6.5 SW, 29 Oct 76 [1976], D. Roubik No. 57/ SEMC 1204549 About SEMC ( SEMC) GoogleMaps ; 3♂♂, ut supra, 2 March 1977, C.D. Michener / SEMC 1204529 About SEMC , -30, 178930 ( SEMC) ; 1♀, ut supra, 13 July 1977 / SEMC 1204539 About SEMC ( SEMC) ; 1♂, ut supra, David Roubik #26/ SEMC 1204563 About SEMC ( SEMC). Peru: 1♂, Peru: Madre de Dios, Limonal Guard Station , Reserved Zone , Manu National Park , 350 m, 12°14′0″S, 70°56′18″W, 23 Oct 2000 GoogleMaps ; R. Brooks, PERU 1B00 077, ex: on wet sand near river/ SM0258293 ( SEMC) .

DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia (Amazonas), Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru (fig. 21).

COMMENTS: The male specimens listed in the section above are tentatively associated with this species. Thus, a description is not presented at this time until this sex association can be confirmed in the field.

Dalla Torre, C. G., de [K. W., von]. 1896. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 10: Apidae (Anthophila). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Engelmann, viii + 643 pp.

Mitchell, T. B. 1980. A generic revision of the megachiline bees of the western hemisphere. Raleigh: North Carolina State University, [ii] + 95 pp.

Silveira, F. A., G. A. R. Melo, and E. A. B. Almeida. 2002. Abelhas brasileiras: sistematica e identificacao. Belo Horizonte: Editora IDMAR, 253 pp.

Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum, xxi + 240 pp.

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FIGURE 4. Some morphological features used in the phylogenetic analysis. A–C. Punctation of mesoscutum. D–F. Pubescence of outer surface of female protarsi. A. Megachile (Rhyssomegachile) simillima Smith (female holotype). B. M. (Aporiochile) tricosa Cockerell (male holotype). C. M. (Rhyssomegachile) guayaqui Schrottky (female neotype). D, E. M. (Rhyssomegachile) kartaboensis Mitchell (female holotype). F. M. (Zonomegachile) moderata Smith (female holotype).

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FIGURE 6. Some male morphological features used in the phylogenetic analysis. A. Tergum six in dorsal view. B, C. Tergum seven in dorsal and ventral views. D–F. Dorsal views of genital capsule. A–C. Megachile (Zonomegachile) moderata Smith (Bolivia, La Paz, SEMC 1204249). D. M. (Acentron) albitarsis Cresson (Costa Rica, Guanacaste, SEMC 1177784). E. M. (Austromegachile) montezuma Cresson (Brazil, São Paulo, SEMC 1178772). F. M. (Zonomegachile) kalina Gonzalez, Griswold, and Engel, new species (paratype, SEMC 1178968).

SEMC

University of Kansas - Biodiversity Institute

BBSL

USDA, Agriculture Research Service, Pollinating Insects-- Biology, Management and Systematics Research

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Megachilidae

Genus

Megachile

SubGenus

Zonomegachile