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Megachile (Eurymella) pyrrhothorax Schletterer 1891

  • 1. Agroecology Lab, Brussels Bioengineering School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50, B- 1050 Brussels, Belgium & Ecology, Restoration Ecology and Landscape, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), O. D. Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Rue Vautier 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium alain. pauly 54 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9030 - 9786
  • 3. Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Biology Department, Entomology Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium achik. dorchin @ africamuseum. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1151 - 5926 & University of Mons, Research Institute for Biosciences, Laboratory of Zoology, Place du parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium * Corresponding authors: alain. tshibungu. nkulu @ ulb. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3747 - 3456 Phone number: + 243.814.74.52.56 nicolas. vereecken @ ulb. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8858 - 4623 Phone number: + 32.473.60.35.63
  • 4. Agroecology Lab, Brussels Bioengineering School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50, B- 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Description

Megachile (Eurymella) pyrrhothorax Schletterer, 1891

Material. Cabinet 110, Drawer 3 (5 ♀ and 3 ♂). D.R. CONGO —Bas-Uele • 1 ♂; Bambesa; 3.47, 25.72; Feb. 1934; H.J. Brédo leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; Uele: Bambesa; 3.47, 25.72; 30 Oct. 1933; J.V. Leroy leg.; RMCA.— Equateur • 1 ♂; Eala (Mbandaka); 0.05, 18.32; Dec. 1932; A. Corbisier leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 21 Nov. 1931; H.J. Brédo leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 3 Oct. 1931; H.J. Brédo leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; Oct. 1935; J. Ghesquière leg.; RMCA.— Haut-Lomami • 1 ♀; PNU Kamitungulu; -8.92, 27.20, alt. 1700 m; 3 Apr. 1947; Mis. G.F. de Witte leg.; RMCA.— Nord-Ubangi • 1 ♂; Abumombazi (Mobayi); 3.57, 22.05; 18/ 26 Feb. 1932; H.J. Brédo leg.; RMCA.

8 A proposed junior synonym of Megachile bucephala (Fabricius, 1793) in Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis observationibus, descriptionibus. Tome 2. Hafniae [= Copenhagen]: C.G. Proft, 519 pp. The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Notes

Published as part of Nkulu, Alain Tshibungu, Pauly, Alain, Dorchin, Achik & Vereecken, Nicolas J., 2023, The Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes) of the Democratic Republic of Congo curated at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA, Belgium), pp. 1-103 in Zootaxa 5392 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5392.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10435063

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  • Schletterer, A. (1891) Hymenoptera in expeditione sub auspicio regii imperii belgici perfecta in regione Africae ad Congo flumen inferius collecta detreminata sive descripta. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 35, 1 - 34. https: // biostor. org / reference / 146491