Megachile (Callomegachile) rufipennis
Creators: name: Nkulu, Alain Tshibungu
name: Pauly, Alain
name: Dorchin, Achik
name: Vereecken, Nicolas J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Megachile
Megachile rufipennis

description: Megachile (Callomegachile) rufipennis (Fabricius, 1793)
Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) rufipennis (Fabricius, 1793)
Material. Cabinet 110, Drawer 27 (49 ♀ and 18♂). D.R. CONGO —Bas-Uele • 1 ♀; Bambesa; 3.47, 25.72; 1938; P. Henrard leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 1 Oct. 1934; J.V. Leroy leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 10 May 1937; J. Vrydagh leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 14 May 1938; J. Vrydagh leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; ibid; 14 May 1938; J. Vrydagh leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 24 Apr. 1937; J. Vrydagh leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 4 Apr. 1937; J. Vrydagh leg.; RMCA • 2 ♀; ibid; 6 Jul. 1937; J. Vrydagh leg.; RMCA • 2 ♀; ibid; 8 Jul. 1937; J. Vrydagh leg.; RMCA • 5 ♀; ibid; 9 May 1938; P. Henrard leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; Jan. 1934; H.J. Brédo leg.; RMCA • 3 ♀; ibid; May 1938; P. Henrard leg.; RMCA • 3 ♀; ibid; 14 May 1938; P. Henrard leg.; RMCA • 2 ♂; ibid; 14 May 1938; P. Henrard leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; Jul. 1937; J. Vrydagh leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; Uele: Bambesa; 3.47, 25.72; 20 Oct. 1933; J.V. Leroy leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; Uele: Dingila; 3.62, 26.05; Jul. 1933; H.J. Brédo leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; ibid; Jul. 1933; H.J. Brédo leg.; RMC • 1 ♀; Uele: Tukpwo; 4.43, 25.85; Aug. 1937; J. Vrydagh leg.; RMCA.— Haut-Katanga • 1 ♀; Elisabethville (Lubumbashi); -11.67, 27.47; Jan. 1932; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; ibid; Nov. 1934; P. Quarré leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; Kasenga; -10.37, 28.63; Feb. 1931; R.P. Vankerckhoven leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; Apr. 1931; R.P. Vankerckhoven leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; Kipushi; -11.77, 27.25; Mar. 1932; G.F. de Witte leg.; RMCA.— Haut-Lomami • 1 ♀; Bukama; -9.20, 24.78; 20 Apr. 1911; Dr. J. Bequaert leg.; RMCA • 2 ♀; Lualaba: Kabongo; -7.33, 25.58; 16 Nov. 1952; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; ibid; 16 Nov. 1952; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; ibid; 27 Dec. 1952; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; ibid; 27 Dec. 1953; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; ibid; 30 Dec. 1952; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 31 Dec. 1952; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; 7 Jan. 1953; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA • 3 ♂; ibid; 7 Jan. 1953; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA • 2 ♀; PNU Mabwe (R.P. Lac Upemba; 585m); -8.65, 26.52; 1/ 11 Jan. 1949; Mis. G.F. de Witte leg.; RMCA.— Haut-Uele • 1 ♀; PNG [Parc National de Garamba]; 3.67, 29.00; 5 Oct. 1950; H. De Saeger leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; Watsa à Niangara; 3.03, 29.53; Jul. 1920; L. Burgeon leg.; RMCA.— Kongo Central • 1 ♀; Boma: Kimbuadi; -5.85, 13.05; 1959; Mme. A. Van Alstein leg.; RMCA • 1 ♂; Kisantu (Madimba); -5.13, 15.10; 1927; R. P. Vanderyst leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; ibid; Dr. J. Schouteden leg.; P. Vanderijst RMCA • 1 ♀; Lemfu (Madimba); -5.30, 15.22; Jan. 1945; Rév. P. De Beir leg.; RMCA.— Lualaba • 2 ♀; Kafakumba (Sandoa); -9.68, 23.73; Apr. 1933; F.G. Overlaet leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; Kansenia; -10.32, 26.07; Oct. / Dec. 1930; R.P. Vankerckhoven leg.; RMCA • 1 ♀; Lualua: Kapanga; -8.35, 22.57; Jan. 1933; F.G. Overlaet leg.; RMCA • 5 ♂; ibid; 7 Oct. 1932; F.G. Overlaet leg.; RMCA.— Tanganyika • 2 ♀; Vallée Lukuga; -5.67, 26.92; Nov. 1911; Dr. Schwetz leg.; RMCA.— Tshopo • 1 ♀; Utisongo (Stanleyville); 0.52, 25.18; 23 Apr. 1932; J. Vrydagh leg.; RMCA.
description: Published as part of Nkulu, Alain Tshibungu, Pauly, Alain, Dorchin, Achik & Vereecken, Nicolas J., 2023, The Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes) of the Democratic Republic of Congo curated at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA, Belgium), pp. 1-103 in Zootaxa 5392 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5392.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10435063