Megachile angelarum Cockerell 1902
Properties
Scientific Name: Megachile angelarum Cockerell 1902
Common Name: Angel Resin Bee
Taxonomy
Megachile angelarum Cockerell, 1902: 70 [♀].
Holotype ♀. USA, California, "So. Cal.", presumably near Los Angeles, 1893, by A. Davidson [Cockerell Collection].
Taxonomic notes: The ♂ was described by Mitchell (1937: 386).
Mitchell (1941: 166) described two gynandromorphs of Megachile angelarum Cockerell, 1902 from California.
Snelling (1990) placed Megachile angelarum (as Chalicodoma angelarum (Cockerell)) within the M. exilis Cresson, 1872 species group.
DNA Barcode Index Number (BIN): BOLD:AAF4184
Biology: Linsley (1944: 54) recorded Sapyga fulvicornis Cresson as a nest parasite in California.
Distribution in Canada: Gibson 1917 [ON, BC, as M. exilis, subexilis Cockerell, 1908]; Buckell 1950 [BC - and records M. subexilis Cockerell from BC]; Snelling 1990 [BC]; Sheffield et al. 2011 [BC]; Sheffield and Heron 2019 [BC].
The records from Gibson (1917) from BC and ON as M. subexilis Cockerell, and M. exilis are suspected of being misidentifed specimens of M. angelarum and M. campanulae (Robertson, 1903), respectively, as neither of the former have been confirmed from Canada.
References
Cockerell TDA (1902) Hymenoptera of southern California I. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 1: 70-71.
Mitchell TB (1937) A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic region. Part VIII. Taxonomy of the subgenus Chelostomoides, addenda and index (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63(4): 381-421.https://www.jstor.org/stable/25077402
Snelling RR (1990) A review of the native North American bees of the genus Chalicodoma (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 421: 1-39.
Linsley EG (1944) Host relationships of some sapygid wasps. (Hymenoptera, Sapygidae). Bulletin of the New York Entomological Society 39: 54-55. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/177483
Mitchell TB (1941) Some additional intersexes in Megachile (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 17(4): 165-168.
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Cavity Renter
Pollen Specialization: Polylectic
Wintering Stage: Mature Larva
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available
Distribution: British Columbia
Ecozone: Montane Cordillera, Western Interior Basin