Megalopta genalis Meade-Waldo, 1916
Megalopta genalis
Meade-Waldo, G. (1916). Notes on the Apidae (Hymenoptera) in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 17: 448-470 [452, 453] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17a-1277 <F>.
Type locality: Panama, Bugaba.
Megalopta panamensis
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Bees from British Guiana. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 38: 685-690 [690] (nom. nud.) .
Megalopta fornix var. panamensis
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [207] .
Type data: holotype USNM 21681 <F>.
Type locality: Panama, Trinidad.
Megalopta tabascana
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [207] .
Type data: holotype USNM 21682 <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Tabasco, Frontera.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amazonas), Colombia, Guyana, Mexico (Tabasco), Panama (Chiriquí, Panamá)
References
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