Megachile (Pseudocentron) terrestris Schrottky, 1902
Megachile terrestris
Schrottky, C. (1902). Ensaio sobre as abelhas solitarias do Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paul. 5: 330-613 [441] .
Type data: holotype MZUSP 18142 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Jundiaí.
Megachile rectipalma
Vachal, J. (1909). Espèces nouvelles ou litigieuses d'Apidae du haut Bassin du Parana et des régions contiguës et délimitation d' une nouvelle sous-famille Diphaglossinae (Hym.). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 28 (1/2): 5-64 [11] .
Type data: syntype MNHP <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Goiás [according to Moure's notes, one of the syntypes is from Jataí, in Goiás].
Megachile jundiana
Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [204] .
Type data: holotype MZUSP <M> , paratype MZUSP <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Jundiaí.
Megachile chapadiana
Mitchell, T. B. (1928). Sex anomalies in the genus Megachile, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 54: 321-383 [346] .
Type data: holotype ANSP 4109 <M> , paratype <F> gynandromorph , paratype <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Chapada dos Guimarães.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil (Goiás [Jataí], Maranhão [Barreirinhas], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães], Mato Grosso do Sul [Dourados], Minas Gerais, Paraná [São José Dos Pinhais], Rio Grande do Sul [Viamão], São Paulo [Batatais, Botucatu, Franca, Itatinga, Jundiaí, Rio Claro])
References
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1923). Some bees from British Guiana. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11: 442-459 [456] (Comparative note (as Megachile rectipalma))
Gostinski, L. F., Carvalho, G. C. A., Rêgo, M. M. C. & Albuquerque, P. M. C. (2016). Species richness and activity pattern of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in the restinga area of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Barreirinhas, Maranhão, Brazil. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 60: 319-327 [322] (Distribution records)
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 [160, 193] (Key (as chapadiana))
Mitchell, T. B. (1933). A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic region. Part I. Classification and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 59: 295-361 [303] (Taxonomy (as Megachile (Pseudocentron) chapadiana))
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [664] (Taxonomy (as Megachile (Pseudocentron) jundiana))
Moure, J. S. (1943). Abelhas de Batatais (Hym. Apoidea). Arq. Mus. Paranaense 3: 145-203 [170, 171] (Taxonomy (as terrestris and jundiana), synonymy, female redescription, distribution, description)
Moure, J. S. (1944). Apoidea da coleção do Conde Amadeu A. Barbiellini (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 15 (1-2): 1-18 [17] (Citation)
Oliveira-Lima, F. V. & Silvestre, R. (2017). Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 107 (supl.(e2017123)): 1-14 [13] (Distribution records)
Ramos, K.S., Kawada, R. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2015). Type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 55 (24): 335-361 [357, 358] (Note on type material (also as Megachile jundiana))
Rasmussen, C. & Olesen, J. M. (2000). Oil flowers and oil-collecting bees pp. 23-31 in Totland, O. (ed.) The Scandinavian association for pollination ecology honours Knut Faegri Vol. 39. Oslo: Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi. I. Matematisk Naturvidenskapelige Klasse, Skrifter [39] (Note on type material of Megachile terrestris)
Sakagami, S. F., Laroca, L. & Moure, J. S. (1967). Wild bee biocoenotics in São José dos Pinhais (PR), south Brazil. J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI. Zool. 16 (2): 253-291 [272] (Table)
Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [187, 212] (Citation, note (as Megachile terrestris), original description (translation) (as Megachile rectipalma))
Schrottky, C. (1920). Himenopteros nuevos o poco conocidos sudamericanos. Rev. Mus. Paul. 12 (2): 179-227 [202] (Comparative note (as jundiana))
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, 215] (Listed, distribution (as Megachile (Pseudocentron) jundiana, M. (Pseudocentron) terrestris and Megachile rectipalma))
Vachal, J. (1909). Espèces nouvelles ou litigieuses d'Apidae du haut Bassin du Parana et des régions contiguës et délimitation d' une nouvelle sous-famille Diphaglossinae (Hym.). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 28 (1/2): 5-64 [10-11] (Key (as Megachile rectipalma))
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)
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