Megachile ligniseca (Kirby, 1802)

Byvaltsev, A. M., Belova, K. A., Danilov, Yu. N., Molodtsov, V. V. & Proshchalykin, M. Yu., 2018, Megachilid bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) of the forest-steppe and steppe zones of the West Siberian Plain to the eastward of Irtysh River, Far Eastern Entomologist 364, pp. 10-28 : 21

Megachile ligniseca (Kirby, 1802)

Megachile ligniseca: Wnukowskij, 1927: 34 (Altai Terr.); Sarychev & Sarycheva, 1989: 161

(Novosibirsk Prov.).

Megachile circumcincta: Shumakova et al., 1982: 166 , part (Altai Terr.), misidentification.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Russia. Omsk Prov.: Tatarka , 13.VI 2012, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, AP ;

idem, 17.VI 2012, 1 ♂, AB, 1 ♀, KB; Krasnyi Oktyabr , 14.VI 2012, 1 ♀, AP; Novosibirsk

Prov.: Boyarka, 15.VI 1987, 1 ♂, BZ [ISEA]; Tandovo Lake , 20.VIII 1997, 1 ♀, BR [ISEA] ;

Elanka, VI 2009, 1 ♀, Alsinakov [ISEA]; Yuzhnyi, 8.VIII 2010, 1 ♀, YD, AB; idem , 8-

9.VIII 2010, 5 ♀, YD, AB; idem, 9.VIII 2010, 3 ♀, 1 ♂, YD, AB; Akademgorodok, 2.VIII

2010, 1 ♀, 2 ♂, AB; idem, 21.VIII 2010 , 6 ♀, AB; idem, 24.VII 2011 , 3 ♀, KB; idem, 23.VI

2017, 1 ♀, KB; idem, 3.VII 2017 , 1 ♀, KB; Zavyalovo , 17.VII 2011 , 1 ♀, AS; idem, 19.VII

2011, 2 ♀, AS; idem, 22.VII 2011 , 2 ♀, AS; idem, 28.VII 2011 , 2 ♀, AS; Evsino , 29.VI

2012, 2 ♂, AB; idem, 3.VIII 2016 , 1 ♀, KB; idem, 5.VI 2017 , 1 ♀, KB; idem, 22.VI 2017 , 2

♀, KB; idem, 6.VII 2017 , 3 ♀, 2 ♂, KB; Zoopark, 29.VII 2013 , 3 ♀, 2 ♂, YD [ISEA];

Karasuk, 10-20.VI 2014, 1 ♂, O. Kosterin [ISEA]; Kuibyshev, 2.VIII 2015, 7 ♀, AB; Altai

Terr.: Golubtsovo, 18.VII 1953, 1 ♀ [ISEA]; Kolyvanskoe Lake , 24.VII 2011, 1 ♀, AB; idem ,

18.VII 2017, 1 ♀, MP [FSCV]; Volchikha, 26.VII 2017, 1 ♀, MP [FSCV].

DISTRIBUTION IN WEST SIBERIA. Ku, *Om, Tk, Km, No, Al.

REMARK. See also Megachile circumcincta .