Megachile (Hackeriapis), Cockerell, 1922

Prendergast, Kit S. & Campbell, Joshua W., 2025, Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), a new megachilid with demon-like horns that visits the Critically Endangered Marianthus aquilonaris (Pittosporaceae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 98, pp. 1017-1030 : 1017-1030

Subgenus Hackeriapis Cockerell, 1922

Remarks.

Using Michener (2007) ’ s Key to the Australian and Papuan Subgenera of Megachile , this species is tentatively placed in the subgenus Hackeriapis Cockerell, 1922 , on the basis that collected females have the following characteristics in common with Michener’s description: mandible with four teeth, cutting edges absent, metasoma parallel sided, S 1 without apical spine, claws without ventral tooth, metasomal integument black, glossa linear, fulvous pubescence confined to apical part of metasoma, and for the male specimen collected, the terga has deep postgradular grooves; pubescence with a grey appearance, fulvous on metasoma, forming metasomal bands; and posterior margin of T 6 with four teeth.