First description of male of Megachile (Pseudocentron) gomphrenoides Vachal and redescription of female (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

SILVANA P. DURANTE & JUAN P. TORRETTA

TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

AMER ENTOMOL SOC

Año: 2010 vol. 136 p. 235 - 240

0002-8320

Megachile is one of the largest genus of the family Megachilidae widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas of the world. Megachile (Pseudocentron) gomphrenoides was described by Vachal (1908) based on three female collected in Buenos Aires. Recently in a work about nest building of bees, we obtained females and males of this species in trap-nest. In this paper, the original description of the female is enlarged and the frst description of the male is provided. Additionally, foral host and new record geographical are presented.