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Megachile (Pseudomegachile) neavei Vachal 1910

  • 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 (Pseudomegachile) neavei Vachal, 1910

Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) neavei (Vachal, 1910)

Material. Cabinet 110, Drawer 20 (21 ♀ and 2 ♂). D.R. CONGO. Holotype — Lualaba • 1 ♀; Bunkeya-Kambove; -10.40, 26.97; Oct. 1907; Dr. Sheffield-Neave leg.; RMCA.

Paratypes — Haut-Katanga • 1 ♀; Lukafu; -10.52, 27.55; Oct. 1907; Dr. Sheffield-Neave leg.; RMCA • 2 ♀; Lukafu-Bunkeya; -10.52, 27.55; Oct. 1907; Dr. Sheffield-Neave leg.; RMCA.— Lualaba • 4 ♀; Bunkeya; -10.40, 26.97; Oct. 1907; Dr. Sheffield-Neave leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; ibid; Oct. 1907; Dr. Sheffield-Neave leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; Bunkeya-Kambove; -10.40, 26.97; Oct. 1907; Dr. Sheffield-Neave leg.; RMCA.

Haut-Katanga • 2 ♀; Elisabethville (Lubumbashi); -11.67, 27.47; De Loose leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 1 Aug. 1933; Dr. M. Bequaert leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 15 Aug. 1933; Dr. M. Bequaert leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 22 Sep. 1923; Dr. M. Bequaert leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 11/ 17 Sep. 1931; T.D. Cockerell leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; Panda (Likasi); -11.00, 26.73; 1 Sep. 1920; Dr. M. Bequaert leg.; RMCA.— Haut-Lomami • 1 ♀; Bukama; -9.20, 24.78; Aug. 1923; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; Sankisia; -9.40, 25.80; Dr. Rodhain leg.; RMCA.— Lualaba • 3 ♀; Lubudi; -9.92, 25.97; 27 Jul. 1923; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA.— Tanganyika • 1 ♀; Lubombo; -8.17, 29.75; Sep. 1928; Ch. Seydel 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 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5392.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10435063

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  • Vachal, J. (1910) Diagnoses d'insectes nouveaux recuellis dans le Congo belge par le Dr. Sheffield-Neave: Hymenoptera, Apidae. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 54, 306 - 328. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 21456