Megachile (Pseudomegachile) cyanipennis Guérin-Méneville 1845

Dorchin, Achik & Praz, Christophe J., 2018, Taxonomic revision of the Western Palaearctic bees of the subgenus Pseudomegachile (Hymenoptera, Apiformes, Megachilidae, Megachile), Zootaxa 4524 (3), pp. 251-307 : 282

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scientific name	Megachile (Pseudomegachile) cyanipennis Guérin-Méneville 1845
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Megachile (Pseudomegachile) cyanipennis Guérin-Méneville 1845 View in CoL

Megachile cyanipennis Guérin-Méneville 1845: 450 View in CoL , ♀ nec ♂, “ Sénégal ” [ Senegal]. Lectotype ♀, designated by Guiglia & Pasteels 1961: 28, MSNG.

Megachile albocincta View in CoL [albo-cincta] Radoszkowski 1874: 145, ♀, “ Egypte ” [ Egypt]. Lectotype ♀, paralectotype ♀, designated by Praz 2017: 9, ISZP. Synonymy in Praz 2017: 10.

Distribution: Africa from Senegal to Sudan ( Pasteels 1965), Egypt.

Note: type species of Xenomegachile Rebmann 1970a.

Pollen hosts: unknown.

Nesting biology: unknown.

Material examined:

Type material: Lectotype ♀ and paralectotype ♀ of M. albocincta ( ISZP).

Additional material: EGYPT: Assuan, 14.02.1910, 17.03.1910, Jacquet leg. ; Luxor, A.03.1988, W. Schlaefle leg.