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Megommation Moure, 1943
Megommation Moure, J. S. (1943). Notas sôbre abelhas da coleção Zikán (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 14 (3): 447-484 [479] .
Type species: Halictus insignis Smith, 1853 by monotypy.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones), Brazil (Espírito Santo [Linhares], Minas Gerais [Mar De Espanha], Paraná [Almirante Tamandaré, Antonina, Campo Largo, Curitiba, Guaratuba, Pinhão, Rolândia, Tijucas Do Sul], Pará [Belém], Rio Grande do Sul [Campo Bom], Rio de Janeiro [Itatiaia, Nova Friburgo, Petrópolis, São José De Ubá], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Florianópolis, São Bento Do Sul], São Paulo [Barueri, Mogi Das Cruzes, Salesópolis, Ubatuba]), Paraguay (Alto Paraná)

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 [440-441] (Taxonomy (figs. 128, 263, 323, 407-408, tax. characters))
Eickwort, G. C. (1969). Tribal positions of Western Hemisphere green sweat bees, with comments on their nest architecture (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 62 (3): 652–660 [652, 653] (Taxonomic position, table)
Eickwort, G. C. & Sakagami, S. F. (1979). A classification of nest architecture of bees in the tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae; Halictinae), with descriptions of a Brazilian nest of Rhynocorynura inflaticeps. Biotropica 11 (1): 28–37 [31-38] (Nesting)
Engel, M. S. (2000). Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 250: 1-89 [44] (Taxonomy, as Megommation s.s.)
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, 15] (Key)
Janzen, D. H. (1968). Notes on nesting and foraging behavior of Megalopta (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Costa Rica. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 41 (3): 324–350 [342] (Behavior)
Michener, C. D. & Lange, R. B. (1958). Observations of the behavior of Brasilian halictid bees, III. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 39 (11): 473-505 [504] (Table)
Moure, J. S. (1958). On the species of Megalopta described by F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 66: 179-190 [180, 184] (Citation, descriptive note)
Moure, J. S. (1969). Micrommation, novo gênero de Halictidae do Paraná (Hym. Apoidea). Atas Soc. Biol. (Rio J.) 12 (5-6): 247-249 [248] (Comparative note)
Sakagami, S. F., Beig, D. & Kyan, C. (1964). Behavior studies of the stinglees bees, with special reference to the oviposition process. IV. Cephalotrigona femorata (Smith). Kontyu 32 (4): 464-471 [460, 461] (Nest)

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

Available Species

Megommation amazonicum Gonçalves & Santos, 2010
Megommation insigne (Smith, 1853)