Megachile ( Dasymegachile )

Megachile ( Dasymegachile) schwimmeri Engel , new name

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Cressoniella ( Chaetochile) golbachi Schwimmer View in CoL in Mitchell, 1980: 87.

Megachile ( Chaetochile) golbachi (Schwimmer) View in CoL ; Michener, 2000: 555 [recombination implied by transfer of Chaetochile to Megachile View in CoL s.l.], nomen praeoccupatum ( nec Megachile golbachi Schletterer, 1891 View in CoL ).

Megachile ( Dasymegachile) mitchelli Raw, 2004: 2 View in CoL , nomen novum pro Megachile golbachi View in CoL (Schwimmer in Mitchell, 1980) ( nec Megachile golbachi Schletterer, 1891 View in CoL ), et nomen praeoccupatum [ nec Megachile ( Creightonella) mitchelli View in CoL ( Gupta, 1989 [1990]) (originally as Creightonella mitchelli Gupta View in CoL but transferred by implication of placement of Creightonella in Megachile View in CoL s.l. by Michener, 2000; note also that Creightonella narmadaensis Gupta, 1993 View in CoL , nomen nudum et vanum, was intended as an unnecessary replacement name for C. mitchelli Gupta View in CoL [ in litt., 2004, vide infra], and even appeared again in Gupta, 1999)].

ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet honors the original describer of the species, Eric Schwimmer.

NOTE: Regarding Gupta’s unnecessary replacement name, he stated ( in litt. to D.B. Baker, 2004) that Creightonella narmadaensis was intended as a replacement for Creightonella mitchelli Gupta , writing at the time, “since the name was preoccupied as someone informed me”. A routine inspection, however, would have established that there was in fact no homonymy involved.