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Megachile ceylonica  Bingham, 1896
Taxonomic Serial No.: 761214

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Megachile conjuncta Smith, 1853
 
    Megachile caroli Meade-Waldo, 1912
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - pro parte   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John S. Ascher, PhD  
  Notes: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore   
  Reference for: Megachile ceylonica    
       
  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 ceylonica   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bingham, C. T.  
  Publication Date: 1896   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Contribution of the Knowledge of the Hymenopterous Fauna of Ceylon   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1896, no. 26   
  Page(s): 401-459   
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  Notes: Available at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31031998   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bingham, C. T.  
  Publication Date: 1897   
  Article/Chapter Title: Wasps and Bees   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xxix+579   
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  Notes: Available at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10942114   
  Reference for: Megachile ceylonica   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Meade-Waldo, Geoffrey  
  Publication Date: 1912   
  Article/Chapter Title: Notes on the Apidae (Hymenoptera) in the Collection of the British Museum, with Descriptions of new Species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 8, vol. 10, no. 59   
  Page(s): 461-478   
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  Notes: Available at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15618674   
  Reference for: Megachile ceylonica   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: In 1896, Bingham described the male of "Megachile ceylonica, sp. nov. (Plate XV. fig. 9.)" (not ceylonensis) on page 453 and on page 459 in the Explanation of Plate XV, Fig. 9. In 1912, on page 464 of his Notes on Apidae publication, Meade-Waldo listed a different name for the female - 'Megachile ceylonensis' referencing Bingham's 1897 publication and published Megachile caroli as a replacement name for the female. Meade-Waldo claimed that "The species was recorded as 'M. ceylonica' [on page 482 of Bingham's 1897 publication] through an oversight, as it is correctly named in the key to the species [on page 472]...The insect...described as the female of M. ceylonensis can have no affinity with it." However examination of Bingham's key on page 472 does not support Meade-Waldo's claim and clearly lists "M. ceylonica" (not ceylonensis)  
    Megachile ceylonica Bingham, 1896 (TSN 761214), male not female, is a junior synonym of Megachile conjuncta Smith, 1853 (TSN 767826); while Megachile ceylonica Bingham, 1896 (TSN 761214), female not male, is a junior synonym of Megachile caroli Meade-Waldo, 1912  
 

 

    

 
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