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Megachile (Rhyssomegachile) Mitchell, 1980

Cressoniella (Rhyssomegachile) Mitchell, T. B. (1980). A generic revision of the megachiline bees of the Western Hemisphere. Raleigh: Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University 1-95 pp. [63] .
Type species: Megachile similima Smith, 1853 by original designation.

Megachile (Aporiochile) Gonzalez, V.H. & Engel, M.S. (2018). Aporiochile Gonzalez and Engel, new subgenus pp. 18-19 in Gonzalez, V.H., Griswold, T. & Engel, M.S. South American leaf-cutter bees (genus Megachile) of the subgenera Rhyssomegachile and Zonomegachile, with two new subgenera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 425: 1–73 [18] .
Type species: Megachile tricosa Cockerell, 1927 ( = Megachile urbana Smith) by original designation.

Megachile (Chalepochile) Gonzalez, V.H. & Engel, M.S. (2018). Chalepochile Gonzalez and Engel, new subgenus pp. 23-24 in Gonzalez, V.H., Griswold, T. & Engel, M.S. South American leaf-cutter bees (genus Megachile) of the subgenera Rhyssomegachile and Zonomegachile, with two new subgenera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 425: 1–73 [23] .
Type species: Megachile ardua Mitchell, 1930 .

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia (El Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Brazil (Acre, Amazonas [Tefé], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães, Sinop, Vera], Paraná [Bituruna], Pará [Jacareacanga, Santarém, Óbidos], Rio Grande do Sul [Caçapava Do Sul], Rondônia [Porto Velho], Santa Catarina [Seara], São Paulo), Colombia (Amazonas), Ecuador (Napo), Guyana, Paraguay (Caaguazú, Guairá, Itapúa, San Pedro), Peru (Madre de Dios), Venezuela (Amazonas)

References

Gonzalez, V. H., Griswold, T. & Engel, M. S. (2018). South American Leaf-Cutter Bees (Genus Megachile) of the Subgenera Rhyssomegachile and Zonomegachile, with Two New Subgenera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 2018 (425): 1-74 [18, 23, 27] (Taxonomy, as Megachile (Aporiochile), M. (Chalepochile) and M. (Rhyssomegachile))

How to cite this page
J. S. Moure & G. A. R. Melo, 2022. Megachilini Latreille, 1802. In Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at https://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. Accessed Apr/27/2024

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 07 Apr 2022