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Megachile (Eurymella) pyrrhothorax var. dentata Friese 1909

  • 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

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Megachile (Eurymella) pyrrhothorax, var. dentata Friese, 1909

Megachile (Eurymella) pyrrhothorax, f. dentata Friese, 1909

Material. Cabinet 110, Drawer 3 (4 ♀ and 6 ♂). D.R. CONGO — Bas-Uele • 1 ♀; Bambesa; 3.47, 25.72; 1 Jun. 1934; H.J. Brédo leg.; RMCA.— Equateur • 1 ♂; Eala (Mbandaka); 0.05, 18.32; Apr. 1933, A. Corbisier leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; ibid; 21 Nov. 1931; H.J. Brédo leg.; RMCA • 2 ♂; ibid; Sep. 1935; J. Ghesquière leg.; RMCA.— Haut-Katanga • 1 ♂; Elisabethville (Lubumbashi); -11.67, 27.47; Nov. 1926; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; La Panda (Likasi); -11.00, 26.73; 1 Oct. 1920; Dr. M. Bequaert leg.; RMCA.— Kasaï Central • 1 ♀; Luluabourg (Kananga); -5.90, 31.23; P. Callewaert leg.; RMCA.— Lomami • 1 ♀; Kabinda; -6.13, 24.48; Nov. 1926; Dr. Schwetz leg.; RMCA (Holotype for Megachile ruficauda Cockerell, 1935).— Tanganyika • 1 ♀; Kampunda; -8.23, 29.77; 10 Nov. 1914; Dr. Mouchet leg.; RMCA.

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 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5392.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10435063

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  • Friese, H. (1909) Die Bienen Afrikas nach dem Stande unserer heutigen Kenntnisse. In: Schultze, L. Zoologische und Anthropologische Ergebenisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Sudafrika ausgefuhrt in den jahren 1903 - 1905, Band 2. Denkschriften der Medizinisch - naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 14, 83 - 476, pls. IX - X. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10343