Megachile (Melanosarus) brasiliensis Dalla Torre, 1896
Megachile denticulata
Smith, F. (1853). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London: British Museum 1-198 pp. [185] (junior primary homonym of Megachile denticulata Fairmaire, Ferret & Galliner, 1847) .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2448 <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Rio Tapajós.
Megachile brasiliensis
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [422] (nom. nov. for Megachile denticulata Smith, 1853) .
Megachile nigridorsis
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 [243] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <M>.
Type locality: French Guiana [according to Moure's notes, Paricabo, in Kourou].
Megachile ivonensis
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 [15] .
Type data: holotype USNM 29085 <F> , paratype USNM 29085 <M>.
Type locality: Bolivia, El Beni, Ivon.
Megachile brancoensis
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 [187] .
Type data: holotype ANSP 4141 <F>.
Type locality: 'Pedra Branca, Brazil' [probably Puerto Suarez, in Bolivia].
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Maranhão [Penalva, Peri Mirim, São José De Ribamar, Vitória Do Mearim], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bonito, Miranda], Paraná [Guarapuava], Pará [Santarém], Pernambuco [Caruaru], Rio Grande do Sul [Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Rio Das Ostras], São Paulo), French Guiana (Kourou)
References
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