Megachile ruda

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Megachile ruda f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Megachilidae – a species of leafcutter bees.

   Synonym: Creightonella ruda (basionym)

   • 2006 March 1st, Connal Desmond Eardley, Rosalind Patricia Urban, “Taxonomic name changes in Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)” (pages 161–174), in African Entomology, volume 14, number 1, Pretoria: Entomological Society of Southern Africa, →ISSN, page 170/1:

     Creightonella ruda Pasteels, 1965: 16, 35.
      Megachile ruda (Pasteels) comb. nov.

Further reading

• Megachile ruda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Megachile on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Megachile on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons