The Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes) of the Democratic Republic of Congo curated at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA, Belgium) Author Nkulu, Alain Tshibungu 0000-0002-3747-3456 Agroecology Lab, Brussels Bioengineering School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50, B- 1050 Brussels, Belgium & Ecology, Restoration Ecology and Landscape, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo alain.tshibungu.nkulu@ulb.be Author Pauly, Alain 0000-0002-9030-9786 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), O. D. Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Rue Vautier 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium alain. pauly 54 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9030 - 9786 alain.pauly54@gmail.com Author Dorchin, Achik 0000-0003-1151-5926 Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Biology Department, Entomology Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium achik. dorchin @ africamuseum. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1151 - 5926 & University of Mons, Research Institute for Biosciences, Laboratory of Zoology, Place du parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium * Corresponding authors: alain. tshibungu. nkulu @ ulb. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3747 - 3456 Phone number: + 243.814.74.52.56 nicolas. vereecken @ ulb. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8858 - 4623 Phone number: + 32.473.60.35.63 achik.dorchin@africamuseum.be Author Vereecken, Nicolas J. 0000-0002-8858-4623 Agroecology Lab, Brussels Bioengineering School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50, B- 1050 Brussels, Belgium nicolas.vereecken@ulb.be text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-27 5392 1 1 103 https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5392.1.1/52546 journal article 284681 10.11646/zootaxa.5392.1.1 bddbc2b5-5215-4996-b553-241e06e029ee 1175-5334 10435063 12024EE2-3FCA-4C6E-A04B-DA590C4A0438

APPENDIX 2. Endemism of bees of the family Megachilidae in DRC, partitioned by Provinces and localities. Some locations have not been specified since the provision of the data source (i.e: Eardley & Urban 2010).

Num.	Species	Provinces	Localities
1	Heriades (Heriades) burgeoni Benoist, 1931	Maniema
2	Heriades centralis Benoist, 1931
3	Heriades nitiscens Cockerell, 1931	Nord-Kivu	Beni-Kasindi
4	Heriades pachyacanthus Cockerell, 1940
5	Heriades subfrontosus Cockerell, 1939
6	Heriades sulcatiferus Cockerell, 1937
7	Heriades sulcatulus Cockerell, 1931
8	Noteriades chapini (Cockerell, 1933)	Province Orientale	Kisangani
9	Osmia reginae Cockerell, 1932	Haut-Katanga	Elisabethville (Lubumbashi)
10	Anthidium (Severanthidium) abjunctum (Cockerell, 1936)
11	Pseudoanthidium (Micranthidium) truncatum alberti (Cockerell, 1935)	Tanganyika	Albertville (Kalemie)
12	Coelioxys katangensis Cockerell, 1932
13	Megachile (Eurymella) akamiella Pasteels, 1965	Haut-Uele	PNG Akam
14	Megachile (Callomegachile) ambigua (Pasteels, 1965)	Equateur	Eala (Mbandaka)
15	Megachile bredoi Cockerell, 1935	Haut-Katanga	Mwelushi
16	Megachile chapini (Cockerell, 1935)	Equateur	Eala (Mbandaka)
17	Megachile (Pseudomegachile) cupreohirta Cockerell, 1933	Haut-Katanga	Elisabethville (Lubumbashi)
18	Megachile (Megella) exsecta Pasteels, 1965	Haut-Katanga	Sankisia
19	Megachile leucopsis Schletterer, 1891
20	Megachile (Eutricharaea) luteoalba Pasteels, 1973
21	Megachile (Anodonteutricharaea) maculosella Pasteels, 1965	Equateur	Bokuma
22	Megachile (Eutricharaea) ornithica Cockerell, 1937	Lualaba	Lualaba River
23	Megachile (Eutricharaea) panda Cockerell, 1931	Haut-Katanga	Panda (Likasi), Elisabethville (Lubumbashi)
24	Megachile (Pseudomegachile) parabukamensis (Pasteels, 1965)	Haut-Katanga	Sankisia
25	Megachile (Creightonella) paracantha (Pasteels, 1965)	Haut-Katanga	Mwema
26	Megachile (Eutricharaea) paupera Pasteels, 1965	Haut-Uele	PNG
		Maniema	Kibombo, Nyangwe
27	Megachile (Anodonteutricharaea) pinguicula Pasteels, 1965	Bas-Uele	Bambesa
28	Megachile (Callomegachile) punctolineata Cockerell, 1935	Bas-Uele	Mobwasa
29	Megachile (Creightonella) ruda (Pasteels, 1965)	Sankuru	Komi
		Sud-Ubangi	Boma-Motenge
30	Megachile (Stellenigris) vandeveldii (Meunier, 1888)
31	Megachile (Anodonteutricharaea) venusta malelana Cockerell, 1935	Maniema	? Malela