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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))

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Last update : 07 Apr 2022

Available Species

Megachile (Rhyssomegachile) ardua Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Rhyssomegachile) guayaqui Schrottky, 1913
Megachile (Rhyssomegachile) kartaboensis Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Rhyssomegachile) simillima Smith, 1853
Megachile (Rhyssomegachile) tacanensis Moure, 1948
Megachile (Rhyssomegachile) turbulenta Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Rhyssomegachile) urbana Smith, 1879