Megachile (Pseudocentron) crassipes Smith, 1879
Megachile crassipes
Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [71] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2453 <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, São Paulo de Olivença.
Megachile scapularis
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) 27 (11/12 [1908]): 221-244 [234] .
Type data: lectotype MNHP <F> , paralectotype MNHP <M>.
Subsequent designation: Cockerell, T. D. A. (1927). Megachilid bees from Bolivia collected by the Mulford Biological Expedition, 1921-22. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 71 (12): 1-22 [16] .
Type locality: Bolivia, Mapiri.
Megachile ampla
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 [212] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown [Coll. Meyer] <F>.
Type locality: Bolivia, Buenavista.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni), Brazil (Amazonas [São Paulo De Olivença]), Peru (Huánuco)
References
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1927). Megachilid bees from Bolivia collected by the Mulford Biological Expedition, 1921-22. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 71 (12): 1-22 [13, 16, 17] (Key, taxonomy, lectotype designation of Megachile scapularis, description, distribution, comparative note (as Megachile crassipes and M. scapularis))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [427]
Friese, H. (1911). Das Tierreich. Apidae I. Megachilinae. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn Vol. 28 440 pp. [266]
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [663] (Taxonomy, as Megachile (Leptorachis) ampla)
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [23, 28, 30] (Taxonomy, as Megachile (Moureapis) ampla, M. (Pseudocentron) crassipes and M. (Pseudocentron) scapularis)
Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [201] (Original description (translation))
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [213] (Listed, distribution (as Megachile (Pseudocentron) crassipes))
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 [17] (Key, distribution (as n. sp.))
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