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Megaloptilla callopis (Vachal, 1911)
Halictus callopis Vachal, J. (1911). Étude sur les Halictus d’Amérique (Hym.). Misc. Entomol. 19: 41-56 [41] .
Type data: lectotype MNHP <F>.
Subsequent designation: Moure, J. S. & Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1987). An Annotated Catalog of the Halictid Bees of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press 405 pp. [241] .
Type locality: Peru, 'Marcapata'.

Augochlora cupriventris Friese, H. (1925). Neue neotropische Bienenarten, zugleich II. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 86 (2): 1-41 [6] (junior secondary homonym of Halictus cupriventris Vachal, 1904) .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F>.
Type locality: Ecuador, Guayas: 'von Guayaquil und Taura Boluta'.

Caenaugochlora (Caenaugochlora) cuprina Moure, J. S. & Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1987). An Annotated Catalog of the Halictid Bees of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press 405 pp. [233] (nom. nov. for Augochlora cupriventris Friese, 1925) .

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Engel, M. S. (2007). Two new augochlorine bees from Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Acta Entomol Slovenica 15 (1): 21-29 [23]

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Colombia (Putumayo), Ecuador (Guayas), Peru (Cuzco, San Martín, Ucayali)

References

Engel, M. S. & Brooks, R. W. (1999). The augochlorine bee genus Megaloptilla (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Nat. Hist. Mus. Spec. Publ. 24: 9-15 [9, 10, 11, 12, 14] (Note on morphology, systematics, key, distribution records, redescription, illustrations)
Friese, H. (1925). Neue neotropische Bienenarten, zugleich II. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 86 (2): 1-41 [7] (Biology (flower record as A. cupriventris))
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus. Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8: 67-75 [69] (Taxonomy (tax. position, as Oxystoglossidia?))

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