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Megaloptina Eickwort, 1969
Megommation (Megaloptina) Eickwort, G. C. (1969). A comparative morphological study and generic revision of the augochlorine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 48: 325–524 [441] .
Type species: Augochlora (Pseudaugochloropsis) ogilviei Cockerell, 1930 by original designation.

Megommation (Cleptommation) Engel, M. S., Brooks, R. W. & Yanega, D. (1997). New genera and subgenera of augochlorine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Sci. Papers, Nat. Hist. Mus., Univ. Kansas 5: 1-21 [18] .
Type species: Megalopta minuta Friese, 1926 by original designation.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (Cochabamba), Brazil (Amazonas [Santo Antônio Do Içá, Tefé], Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Paraíba [João Pessoa], Pará [Santarém]), Costa Rica, Ecuador (Pichincha), French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru (Madre de Dios), Suriname

References

Engel, M. S. (2000). Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 250: 1-89 [43] (Taxonomy (tax. position, as Megommation (Megaloptina) and Megommation (Cleptommation)))
Engel, M. S., Brooks, R. W. & Yanega, D. (1997). New genera and subgenera of augochlorine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Sci. Papers, Nat. Hist. Mus., Univ. Kansas 5: 1-21 [15, 19] (Key, comparative note)

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 22 Mar 2022

Available Species

Megaloptina bulivyense (Engel, 2013)
Megaloptina chibchani (Engel, 2013)
Megaloptina festivaga (Dalla Torre, 1896)
Megaloptina minuta (Friese, 1926)
Megaloptina ogilviei (Cockerell, 1930)
Megaloptina tupaqi (Engel, 2013)