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Megachile (Rhyssomegachile) tacanensis Moure, 1948

Megachile ardua tacanensis Moure, J. S. (1948). Notas sobre algumas abelhas de Tacanas, Tucumán, Argentina (Hymenopt. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 19 (1-2): 313-346 [322] .
Type data: holotype DZUP <M>.
Type locality: Argentina, Tucumán, Tacanas.

Remarks

This species is tentatively placed in the subgenus Rhyssomegachile.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia (Tarija)

References

Gonzalez, V. H., Griswold, T. L. & 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. 425: 1-73 [27] (Species review, as Megachile (Chalepochile) tacanensis)
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [32] (Taxonomy, synonymy (partim, as Megachile (Ptilosarus) ardua))
Urban, D. (2003). Catálogo das abelhas publicadas por Jesus Santiago Moure pp. 11-43 in Melo, G. A. R. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: UNESC 320 pp. [22] (Type catalog (as Megachile ardua tacanensis))

How to cite this page
J. S. Moure & G. A. R. Melo, 2022. Megachilini Latreille, 1802. In Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at https://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. Accessed May/09/2024

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 07 Apr 2022