Megaloptidia Cockerell, 1900
Megalopta (Megaloptidia)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1900). Descriptions of new bees collected by Mr. H. H. Smith in Brazil. I. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 52: 356-377 [373] .
Type species: Megalopta (Megaloptidia) contradicta Cockerell, 1900
by monotypy.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Pará [Benevides, Faro, Oriximiná, Santarém]), Colombia (Guaviare), Ecuador (Sucumbíos), French Guiana, Guyana, Peru (Cuzco, Huánuco, Madre de Dios), Suriname, Venezuela (Amazonas)
References
Eickwort, G. C. (1969). A comparative morphological study and generic revision of the augochlorine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 48: 325–524 [442-443] (Taxonomy (fig. 130, generic classification))
Engel, M. S. (2000). Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 250: 1-89 [41] (Taxonomy)
Engel, M. S. & Brooks, R. W. (1998). The nocturnal bee genus Megaloptidia (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). J. Hym. Res. 7 (1): 1-14 [2-4] (Taxonomy (redescription, key to species))
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 [4] (Key)
Moure, J. S. (1958). On the species of Megalopta described by F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 66: 179-190 [180-181] (Taxonomy (tax. status))
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 22 Mar 2022