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Megachile bituberculata  Ritsema, 1880
Taxonomic Serial No.: 761145

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Megachile mediocana Cockerell, 1916
  
    Megachile schaeferana Strand, 1911
  
    Megachile sjoestedti Friese, 1901
  
    Megachile tuberculata Smith, 1879
  
    Megachile bituberculata rubripedana Strand, 1914
  
    Megachile sjoestedti emarginata Friese, 1902
  
    Megachile emarginata lua Strand, 1912
  
    Megachile sjoestedti rubripedana Strand, 1914
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyApoidea  – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps  
                                           FamilyMegachilidae  – leafcutting bees  
                                              SubfamilyMegachilinae   
                                                 TribeMegachilini   
                                                    GenusMegachile Latreille, 1802  
                                                       SpeciesMegachile bituberculata Ritsema, 1880  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John S. Ascher, PhD   
  Notes: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore   
  Reference for: Megachile bituberculata    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-54, website (version Draft-54)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 1 February, 2020. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species   
  Reference for: Megachile bituberculata   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eardley, Connal, and Rosalind Urban   
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 2455   
  Page(s): 1-548   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2010/2455.html   
  Reference for: Megachile bituberculata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ritsema, C.   
  Publication Date: 1880   
  Article/Chapter Title: Verslag van de Dertiende Wintervergadering, Gehouden te Leiden op Zondag 28 December 1879, des morgens ten 11 ure   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, vol. 23   
  Page(s): XCIV-XCVIII   
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  Notes: Available at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10836882   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Megachile bituberculata Ritsema, 1880 (TSN 761145) was published as a replacement name for Megachile tuberculata Smith, 1879, a junior primary homonym of Megachile tuberculata Smith, 1857 (TSN 762348)  
 

 

    


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