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Megalopta Smith, 1853
Megalopta 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. [83] .
Type species: Megalopta idalia Smith, 1853 ( = Halictus amoenus Spinola) by designation under Plenary Powers, see International Comission on Zoological Nomenclature (1966). Opinion 788: Megalopta Smith, 1853 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): designation of a type-species under the plenary powers. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 23: 211–212 .

Megalopta (Megaloptella) Schrottky, C. (1906). Neue und wenig bekannte südamerikanische Bienen. Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 6: 305-316 [312] .
Type species: Halictus ochrias Vachal, 1904 by original designation.

Tmetocoelia Moure, J. S. (1943). Notas sôbre abelhas da coleção Zikán (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 14 (3): 447-484 [481] .
Type species: Megalopta sulciventris Friese, 1926 by original designation.

Megalopta (Noctoraptor) 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 [12] .
Type species: Megalopta byroni Engel, Brooks & Yanega, 1997 by original designation.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Belize, Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz), Brazil (Acre [Acrelândia, Cruzeiro Do Sul, Porto Acre, Rio Branco], Amapá [Pedra Branca Do Amapari], Amazonas [Barcelos, Beruri, Fonte Boa, Humaitá, Itacoatiara, Japurá, Lábrea, Manaquiri, Manaus, Novo Airão, Novo Aripuanã, Presidente Figueiredo, Tabatinga, Tefé], Bahia [Belmonte, Camacan, Encruzilhada, Lençóis, Mucugê, Salvador, Santa Teresinha], Ceará [Maranguape], Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo [Conceição Da Barra, Guarapari, Linhares, Santa Leopoldina], Goiás [Caldas Novas, Colinas Do Sul, Jataí], Maranhão [Barreirinhas, Buriticupu], Mato Grosso [Aripuanã, Campo Novo Do Parecis, Chapada Dos Guimarães, Nova Lacerda, Nova Mutum, Nova Xavantina], Minas Gerais [Belo Horizonte, Bom Jesus Do Amparo, Caratinga, Ipanema, Jaboticatubas, Nova Lima, Santana Do Riacho, Três Marias, Uberlândia, Viçosa], Paraná [Antonina, Morretes, São José Dos Pinhais], Paraíba [Mamanguape], Pará [Alenquer, Belterra, Belém, Benevides, Bujaru, Capitão Poço, Conceição Do Araguaia, Itaituba, Melgaço, Oriximiná, Ourém, Parauapebas, Peixe-Boi, Santarém, São João De Pirabas, São Miguel Do Guamá, Tomé-Açu, Tucuruí, Óbidos], Pernambuco [Caruaru, Jaqueira], Piauí, Rio de Janeiro [Angra Dos Reis, Arraial Do Cabo, Cachoeiras De Macacu, Itatiaia, Macaé, Maricá, Petrópolis, Rio De Janeiro], Rondônia [Ariquemes, Guajará-Mirim, Itapuã Do Oeste, Ji-Paraná, Ouro Preto Do Oeste, Porto Velho, Vilhena], Roraima [Amajari, Pacaraima, Rorainópolis, Uiramutã], Santa Catarina [Brusque, Joinville], São Paulo [Agudos, Alvinlândia, Bauru, Caraguatatuba, Gália, Itu, Juquiá, Macaubal, Miracatu, Ribeirão Grande, Sete Barras]), Colombia, Costa Rica (Guanacaste, San José), Ecuador (Napo, Sucumbíos), French Guiana (Saint-Laurent du Maroni), Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico (Jalisco, Tabasco), Panama (Chiriquí, Panamá), Peru (Cuzco, Huánuco, Junín, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, Puno, San Martín), Suriname (Brokopondo, Nickerie, Para, Saramacca, Sipaliwini), Venezuela (Amazonas)

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

Available Species

Megalopta aegis (Vachal, 1904)
Megalopta aeneicollis Friese, 1926
Megalopta amoena (Spinola, 1853)
Megalopta armata Friese, 1926
Megalopta atlantica Santos & Silveira, 2009
Megalopta atra Engel, 2006
Megalopta boliviensis Friese, 1926
Megalopta byroni Engel, Brooks & Yanega, 1997
Megalopta chaperi (Vachal, 1904)
Megalopta cuprea Friese, 1911
Megalopta furunculosa Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2003
Megalopta genalis Meade-Waldo, 1916
Megalopta gibbosa Friese, 1926
Megalopta guarani Santos & Melo, 2014
Megalopta guimaraesi Santos & Silveira, 2009
Megalopta huaoranii Gonzalez, Griswold & Ayala, 2010
Megalopta karitiana Santos & Melo, 2014
Megalopta lecointei Friese, 1926
Megalopta mapinguari Santos & Melo, 2014
Megalopta munduruku Santos & Melo, 2014
Megalopta mura Santos & Melo, 2014
Megalopta nigriventris Friese, 1926
Megalopta nitidicollis Friese, 1926
Megalopta noctifurax Engel, Brooks & Yanega, 1997
Megalopta notiocleptis Engel, 2011
Megalopta peruana Friese, 1926
Megalopta piraha Santos & Melo, 2014
Megalopta purpurata Smith, 1879
Megalopta sodalis (Vachal, 1904)
Megalopta sulciventris Friese, 1926
Megalopta tacarunensis Cockerell, 1923
Megalopta tetewana Gonzalez, Griswold & Ayala, 2010
Megalopta vigilans Cockerell, 1923
Megalopta xavante Santos & Melo, 2014
Megalopta yanomami Santos & Melo, 2014