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Issue: Vol. 3267 No. 1: 12 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3267.1.3
Page range: 55–64
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 1

A review of Megachile (Chelostomoda) Michener (Megachilidae: Megachilini) known from China with the description of a new species

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution (CAS), Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution (CAS), Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution (CAS), Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China
Hymenoptera Megachile (Chelostomoda) taxonomy species checklist floral association distribution

Abstract

The Chinese species of Megachile (Chelostomoda) Michener, 1962, are treated in this paper. Megachile (C.) guangxiensesp. nov. is described and illustrated. A checklist of the known Chinese species, distribution records, and an updated iden-tification key are provided. The type specimens of M. guangxiense are deposited in the Insect Collection of the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (IZCAS, Beijing).

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