论文信息 - Redescription of Chaetochile as Subgenus of Megachile (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

Redescription of Chaetochile as Subgenus of Megachile (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

Abstract Chaetochile Mitchell (Megachilidae) is herein confirmed as a subgenus of Megachile and represented by one species M. (Chaetochile) mitchelli Raw. The subgenus is characterized by a clypeus and supraclypeal area which is flat in the female, a second mandibular tooth which truncate and closer to the first than to the third tooth; T6 with an anterior depression and the distal margin with a conspicuous expansion and one spine on each side in the male. This contribution includes a redescription of M. Chaetochile and its single species.

A. Abrahamovich | S. Durante

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