Megachile mucida Cresson, 1878
Properties
Scientific Name: Megachile mucida Cresson, 1878
Common Name: Mucid Leafcutter Bee
Taxonomy
Megachile mucida Cresson, 1878: 118 [♂ only, ♀ misidentified] (not Megachile mudica Pérez, 1895 = M. albipila Pérez, 1895).
Lectotype ♂, designated by Cresson (1916: 125). USA, Georgia [ANSP no. 2424].
Megachile mucida semimucida Cockerell, 1909: 26 [♀, ♂]. Synonymy by Mitchell (1926: 118).
Syntypes ♀, ♂. USA, Texas, Lee County, Fedor, 27 March 1909, by Birkmann [].
Megachile audax Mitchell, 1924: 161 [♂]. Synonymy by Mitchell (1926: 118).
Holotype ♂. USA, North Carolina, Raleigh, 8 May 1922, on Rubus [NC State Department of Agriculture].
Taxonomic notes: The ♀ of Cresson’s Megachile mucida Cresson, 1878 was M. gemula Cresson, 1878 (Mitchell 1935: 181). Thus, the first ♀ described for M. mucida was that of Megachile mucida semimucida Cockerell, 1909 (Mitchell 1935: 197).
DNA Barcode Index Number (BIN):
Distribution in Canada: Sheffield pers. obs. [ON].
References
Cresson ET (1878) Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7: 61-136.
Mitchell TB (1924) New megachilid bees. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 40: 154-165.
Mitchell TB (1926) New species of Megachile, with notes and corrections (Hymenoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 52(2): 111-118.https://www.jstor.org/stable/25077157
Mitchell TB (1935) A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic region. Part III. Taxonomy of the subgenera Anthemois and Delomegachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 61(3): 155-205.https://www.jstor.org/stable/25077339
Cockerell TDA (1909) Descriptions and records of bees.—XXI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8 4(19): 25-31.https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930908692634
Cresson ET (1916) The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 1: 1-141.
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Polylectic
Wintering Stage: Mature Larva
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available
Distribution: Ontario
Ecozone: Mixwood Plains