Megachile (Pseudocentron) rhodopus Cockerell, 1896
Megachile rhodopus
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1896). Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. I. Descriptions of new bees collected by Prof. C. H. T. Townsend in the State of Vera Cruz. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 18: 282-295 [287] .
Type data: syntype ANSP <M> , syntype AMNH <M><F>.
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, San Rafael.
Megachile prietana
Mitchell, T. B. (1930). A contribution to the knowledge of neotropical Megachile with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 56: 155-305 [191] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown [Coll. Meyer] <M> , paratype NCSU <M>.
Type locality: Honduras, Pietra.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul [Tenente Portela]), Honduras, Mexico (Veracruz)
References
Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González- Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [456] (List (as Megachile rhodopus))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1896). Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. I. Descriptions of new bees collected by Prof. C. H. T. Townsend in the State of Vera Cruz. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 18: 282-295 [288] (Flower record, as rhodopus)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las Abejas de México. México: Secretaria de Fomento 3-20 pp. [11] (Taxonomy, distribution, as Megachile rhodopus)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [212, 215] (Citation, as rhodopus)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1932). Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard Expeditions of 1929-1930. Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 27 (1): 9-17 [14] (Key, distribution, as rhodopus)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [450] (List, distribution (as Megachile prietana))
Friese, H. (1911). Das Tierreich. Apidae I. Megachilinae. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn Vol. 28 440 pp. [245] (Taxonomy, as rhodopus)
Mitchell, T. B. (1930). A contribution to the knowledge of neotropical Megachile with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 56: 155-305 [167, 196] (Key, synonymy (partim as Megachile azteca))
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [663] (Taxonomy, list (as Megachile (Pseudocentron) prietana and partim, as M. (Pseudocentron) azteca))
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [214] (Listed, distribution (uncertain identity, as Megachile (Pseudocentron) prietana))
Wittmann, D. & Hoffmann, M. (1990). Bees of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 70: 17-43 [38] (Distribution record (as Megachile (Pseudocentron) prietana))
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