Megachile (Callomegachile) rufipennis (Fabricius)

Genaro, Julio A. & Franz, Nico M., 2008, The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), Insecta Mundi 2008 (40), pp. 1-24 : 8-10

Megachile (Callomegachile) rufipennis (Fabricius) ( Fig. 13 )

Apis rufipennis Fabricius, 1793: 335 . Lectotype female in ZMK, designated by Moure (1960a).

= Megachile atriceps Cresson, 1865: 176 . Lectotype female in ANSP, designated by Cresson (1916). = Megachile atriceps phenacosoma Cockerell, 1937a: 146 . Holotype female.

= Megachile atriceps rukuruensis Cockerell, 1937a: 146 . Holotype male.

GD (in the neotropics): Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico (new record), and St. Croix ( Moure 1960a; Genaro 2007). Introduced into the West Indies from Africa ( Zaire, East Africa) ( Pasteels 1965; Mitchell 1980).

New record: PUERTO RICO, Aguada, 6.ix.1979, coll. I. Bello (female, UPRM) .

Figures

Figure 7-13. Megachilidae. 7) Megachile luctifera Spinola. 8) Proctacanthus danforthi (Diptera: Asilidae) eating a male of M. holosericea (Fabr.). 9) M. holosericea, male. 10) M. holosericea, female. 11) M. concinna F. Smith, male with detail of tergum VI, with small teeth. 12) M. lanata (Fabr.). 13) M. rufipennis (Fabr.).