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Megachile rotundata (Fabricius, 1787)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Megachilidae
genus
Megachile
species
Megachile rotundata

Name

Synonyms
Apis pacifica Panzer, 1798
Apis rotundata Fabricius, 1787
Megachile imbecilla Gerstäcker, 1869
Megachile nadia Nurse, 1903
Megachile pruinosa Pérez, 1897
Homonyms
Megachile rotundata (Fabricius, 1787)
Common names
Alfalfa Leaf-cutter Bee in English
Alfalfa Leaf-cutter Bee in English
Alfalfa Leaf-cutter Bee in English
Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee in English
Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee in English
Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee in English
Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee in English
Alfalfa leafcutting bee in English
Alfalfa leafcutting bee in English
Découpeuse de la luzerne in French
Lucernebladskærerbi in Danish
Lucernebladskærerbi in Danish
Luzerne-Blattschneiderbiene in German
Luzerne-Blattschneiderbiene in German
Luzernebehangersbij in Dutch
alfalfa leaf-cutter bee in English
alfalfa leaf-cutter bee in English
alfalfa leaf-cutter bee in English
alfalfa leaf-cutter bee in English
alfalfa leafcutting bee in English
alfalfa leafcutting bee in English
alfalfa leafcutting bee in English
alfalfa leafcutting bee in English
apilaverhoilijamehiläinen in Finnish
apilaverhoilijamehiläinen in Finnish
découpeuse de la luzerne in French
découpeuse de la luzerne in French
découpeuse de la luzerne in French
découpeuse de la luzerne in French
Мегахіла округла in Ukrainian
Alfalfa Leafcutter in English
Alfalfa Leafcutter in English
Alfalfa Leafcutter in English
Alfalfa Leafcutter in English
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee in English
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee in English
Luzernebehangersbij in Dutch
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee in English
Lucerne Leafcutter Bee in English
Lucerne Leafcutter Bee in English
Lucerne Leafcutter Bee in English
Lucerne Leafcutter Bee in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banaszak J., Romasenko L., Cierzniak T.. 2001. Błonkówki - Hymenoptera. Pszczołowate - Apidae. Podrodzina: Megachilidae. Klucze do oznaczania owadów Polski, 24, 156 pp.
  2. Herrera Mesías F, Weigand A M (2021) Updates to the checklist of the wild bee fauna of Luxembourg as inferred from revised natural history collection data and fieldwork. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e64027 https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e64027
  3. Lhomme, Patrick, Denis Michez, Stefanie Christmann, Erwin Scheuchl, Insafe el Abdouni, et al., 2020: The wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Morocco. Zootaxa, vol. 4892, no. 1. 001-159.
  4. Nieto, Ana, Stuart P.M. Roberts, James Kemp, Pierre Rasmont, Michael Kuhlmann, et. al., 2014: null. European Red List of Bees. x + 84.
  5. Roberts, R. B., 1974: Apis rotundata Fabricius, 1793 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): Proposed Suppression of Lectotype and Designation of Neotype in Accord with Megachile rotundata Auct. Z.N.(S.) 2042. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 30, no. 3-4. 190-192.
  6. Roberts, R. B., 1974: Apis rotundata Fabricius, 1793 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): Proposed Suppression of Lectotype and Designation of Neotype in Accord with Megachile rotundata Auct. Z.N.(S.) 2042. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 30, no. 3-4. 190-192.
  7. Sheffield, Cory S. (2008) Summer bees for spring crops? Potential problems with Megachile rotundata (Fab.) (Hymenoptera : Megachilidae) as a pollinator of lowbush blueberry (Ericaceae)
  8. Villalobos,E.M.,Shelly,T.E.,Buchmann,S.L.,Cane, J. H. (1993///) Temporal patterns of floral visitation for two bees foraging at Solanum http://apoidea.myspecies.info/node/159
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