A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini)

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Title	A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini)
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Author(s)	Emily L. Bzdyk
Journal	ZooKeys
ISSN	1313-2989
Volume	221
Pages	31--61
DOI	10.3897/zookeys.221.3234
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Year	2012
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Discover Life’s Global Mapper.
by JS Ascher;J Pickering
Las abejas silvestres de México, con un listadode las especies conocidas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea).
by R Ayala;TL Griswold;D and Yanega
Development and sexual dimorphism of larvae of the bee genus Coelioxys.
by JR Baker
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 44 pages 225--235 (1971)
Nests and immature stages of leafcutter bees (Hymenoptera: Megachile).
by JR Baker;ED Kuhn;SB Bambara
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 58 pages 290--313 (1985)
The New Mexico bees of the Genus Megachile and a new Andrena.
by TDA Cockerell
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 pages 13--15 (1900)
Descriptions and records of bees XVIII.
by TDA Cockerell
Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 pages 259--267 (1908)
- 10.1080/00222930808692398
Canadian bees in the British Museum.
by TDA Cockerell
Canadian Entomologist 44 pages 354--358 (1912)
- 10.4039/Ent44354-12
Scientific notes.
by TDA Cockerell
Journal of Economic Entomology 6 pages 425--427 (1913)
Descriptions and records of bees LVIII.
by TDA Cockerell
Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 pages 424--433 (1914)
- 10.1080/00222931408693504
- 60796
Descriptions and records of bees LXVI.
by TDA Cockerell
Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15 pages 341--350 (1915)
- 10.1080/00222931508693649
- 58797
Hymenoptera Texana.
by ET Cresson
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4 pages 153--292 (1872)
- 25076272
Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society.
by ET Cresson
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7 pages 61--136 (1878)
Observations on the nesting behavior of Megachile rubi and M. texana with a discussion of the significance of soil nesting in the evolution of megachilid bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).
by GC Eickwort;RW Matthews;J Carpenter
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 54 pages 557--570 (1981)
Neue Arten der Bienen gattung Megachile aus Amerika.
by H Friese
Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 3 pages 246--248 (1903)
Nest dimensions of two leaf-cutter bees.
by J-Y Kim
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 85 pages 85--90 (1992)
Trap-nesting wasps and bees: life histories, nests and associates.
by KV Krombein
- 10.5962/bhl.title.46295
Another note on the nesting habits of Megachile texana Cresson.
by KV Krombein
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 55 pages 84--85 (1970)
A note on Megachile mendica Cresson in trap nests in Wisconsin (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).
by JT Medler
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 67 pages 113--116 (1965)
- 72453
The biology of a leafcutter bee (Megachile brevis) and its associates.
by CD Michener
University of Kansas Science Bulletin 35 pages 1659--1748 (1953)
The Bees of the World.
by CD Michener
New megachilid bees.
by TB Mitchell
Psyche 34 pages 104--121 (1927)
- 10.1155/1927/86083
A Revision of the Genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region Part 2: Morphology of the male sterna and genital armature and the taxonomy of the subgenera Litomegachile, Neomegachile and Cressoniella.
by TB Mitchell
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 61 pages 1--44 (1935)
- 25077331
The triungulin larva of Nemognatha (Pauronemognatha) punctulata LeConte (Coleoptera: Meloidae) with a description of the nest of its host-Megachile brevis pseudobrevis Say (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).
by L Packer
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 60 pages 280--287 (1987)
Fauna Hawaiiensis Volume 1, pt. 1.
by RCL Perkins
Descriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described.
by T Say
Boston Journal of Natural History 6 pages 361--416 (1837)
Leafcutter and Mason Bees of the Genus Megachile Latreille (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Canada and Alaska.
by CS Sheffield;C Ratti;L Packer;T Griswold
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 18 (2011)
- 10.3752/cjai.2011.18.
Bees of the Hawaiian Islands, Exclusive of Hylaeus (Nesoprosopis) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea).
by RR Snelling
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 pages 342--356 (2003)
- 25085935
Catalogue of Hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae.
by F Smith
Long-term studies to gauge effects of invading bees.
by RW Thorp;GW Frankie;J Barthell;D Gordon;L Newstrom;T Griswold;J Schmidt;S Thoenes
California Agriculture 46 pages 20--23 (1992)
Nesting behavior, nest architecture, and use of Dufour’s gland lipids in nest provisioning by Megachile integra and M. mendica mendica (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).
by HJ Williams;MR Strand;GW Elzen;SB Vinson;SJ Merritt
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 59 pages 588--597 (1986)

Only known citations between publications in BioNames are listed here.

[1] Discover Life’s Global Mapper.
by JS Ascher;J Pickering

[2] Las abejas silvestres de México, con un listadode las especies conocidas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea).
by R Ayala;TL Griswold;D and Yanega

[3] Development and sexual dimorphism of larvae of the bee genus Coelioxys.
by JR Baker
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 44 pages 225--235 (1971)

[4] Nests and immature stages of leafcutter bees (Hymenoptera: Megachile).
by JR Baker;ED Kuhn;SB Bambara
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 58 pages 290--313 (1985)

[5] The New Mexico bees of the Genus Megachile and a new Andrena.
by TDA Cockerell
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 pages 13--15 (1900)

[6] Descriptions and records of bees XVIII.
by TDA Cockerell
Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 pages 259--267 (1908)
10.1080/00222930808692398

[7] 10.1080/00222930808692398

[8] Canadian bees in the British Museum.
by TDA Cockerell
Canadian Entomologist 44 pages 354--358 (1912)
10.4039/Ent44354-12

[9] 10.4039/Ent44354-12

[10] Scientific notes.
by TDA Cockerell
Journal of Economic Entomology 6 pages 425--427 (1913)

[11] Descriptions and records of bees LVIII.
by TDA Cockerell
Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 pages 424--433 (1914)
10.1080/00222931408693504
60796

[12] 10.1080/00222931408693504

[13] 60796

[14] Descriptions and records of bees LXVI.
by TDA Cockerell
Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15 pages 341--350 (1915)
10.1080/00222931508693649
58797

[15] 10.1080/00222931508693649

[16] 58797

[17] Hymenoptera Texana.
by ET Cresson
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4 pages 153--292 (1872)
25076272

[18] 25076272

[19] Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society.
by ET Cresson
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7 pages 61--136 (1878)

[20] Observations on the nesting behavior of Megachile rubi and M. texana with a discussion of the significance of soil nesting in the evolution of megachilid bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).
by GC Eickwort;RW Matthews;J Carpenter
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 54 pages 557--570 (1981)

[21] Neue Arten der Bienen gattung Megachile aus Amerika.
by H Friese
Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 3 pages 246--248 (1903)

[22] Nest dimensions of two leaf-cutter bees.
by J-Y Kim
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 85 pages 85--90 (1992)

[23] Trap-nesting wasps and bees: life histories, nests and associates.
by KV Krombein
10.5962/bhl.title.46295

[24] 10.5962/bhl.title.46295

[25] Another note on the nesting habits of Megachile texana Cresson.
by KV Krombein
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 55 pages 84--85 (1970)

[26] A note on Megachile mendica Cresson in trap nests in Wisconsin (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).
by JT Medler
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 67 pages 113--116 (1965)
72453

[27] 72453

[28] The biology of a leafcutter bee (Megachile brevis) and its associates.
by CD Michener
University of Kansas Science Bulletin 35 pages 1659--1748 (1953)

[29] The Bees of the World.
by CD Michener

[30] New megachilid bees.
by TB Mitchell
Psyche 34 pages 104--121 (1927)
10.1155/1927/86083

[31] 10.1155/1927/86083

[32] A Revision of the Genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region Part 2: Morphology of the male sterna and genital armature and the taxonomy of the subgenera Litomegachile, Neomegachile and Cressoniella.
by TB Mitchell
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 61 pages 1--44 (1935)
25077331

[33] 25077331

[34] The triungulin larva of Nemognatha (Pauronemognatha) punctulata LeConte (Coleoptera: Meloidae) with a description of the nest of its host-Megachile brevis pseudobrevis Say (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).
by L Packer
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 60 pages 280--287 (1987)

[35] Fauna Hawaiiensis Volume 1, pt. 1.
by RCL Perkins

[36] Descriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described.
by T Say
Boston Journal of Natural History 6 pages 361--416 (1837)

[37] Leafcutter and Mason Bees of the Genus Megachile Latreille (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Canada and Alaska.
by CS Sheffield;C Ratti;L Packer;T Griswold
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 18 (2011)
10.3752/cjai.2011.18.

[38] 10.3752/cjai.2011.18.

[39] Bees of the Hawaiian Islands, Exclusive of Hylaeus (Nesoprosopis) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea).
by RR Snelling
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 pages 342--356 (2003)
25085935

[40] 25085935

[41] Catalogue of Hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae.
by F Smith

[42] Long-term studies to gauge effects of invading bees.
by RW Thorp;GW Frankie;J Barthell;D Gordon;L Newstrom;T Griswold;J Schmidt;S Thoenes
California Agriculture 46 pages 20--23 (1992)

[43] Nesting behavior, nest architecture, and use of Dufour’s gland lipids in nest provisioning by Megachile integra and M. mendica mendica (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).
by HJ Williams;MR Strand;GW Elzen;SB Vinson;SJ Merritt
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 59 pages 588--597 (1986)

Discover Life’s Global Mapper.

Las abejas silvestres de México, con un listadode las especies conocidas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea).

Development and sexual dimorphism of larvae of the bee genus Coelioxys.

Nests and immature stages of leafcutter bees (Hymenoptera: Megachile).

The New Mexico bees of the Genus Megachile and a new Andrena.

Canadian bees in the British Museum.

Observations on the nesting behavior of Megachile rubi and M. texana with a discussion of the significance of soil nesting in the evolution of megachilid bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

Neue Arten der Bienen gattung Megachile aus Amerika.

Nest dimensions of two leaf-cutter bees.

Trap-nesting wasps and bees: life histories, nests and associates.

Another note on the nesting habits of Megachile texana Cresson.

The biology of a leafcutter bee (Megachile brevis) and its associates.

The Bees of the World.

The triungulin larva of Nemognatha (Pauronemognatha) punctulata LeConte (Coleoptera: Meloidae) with a description of the nest of its host-Megachile brevis pseudobrevis Say (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

Descriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described.

Leafcutter and Mason Bees of the Genus Megachile Latreille (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Canada and Alaska.

Long-term studies to gauge effects of invading bees.

Nesting behavior, nest architecture, and use of Dufour’s gland lipids in nest provisioning by Megachile integra and M. mendica mendica (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilini)

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