APIDAE ›› Megachilinae ›› Megachilini

Megachile Latreille, 1802
Megachile Latreille, P. A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Paris: Dufart Vol. 3 467 pp. [413] .
Type species: Apis centuncularis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Curtis, J. (1828). British Entomology. London: (published by the author) Vol. 5 Pl. 195-241 pp. [pl. 218] .

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Canada (Québec), Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Distrito Federal, Durango, Hidalgo, México, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas), United States of America (Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas, Utah); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Corrientes, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bahamas, Barbados, Belize (Corozal), Bermuda, Bolivia (Cochabamba, El Beni, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Brazil (Acre [Senador Guiomard], Amapá [Mazagão], Amazonas [Fonte Boa, Itacoatiara, Manaus, Santo Antônio Do Içá, São Paulo De Olivença, Tefé, Tonantins], Bahia [Castro Alves, Ipirá, Itatim, Palmeiras, Rio De Contas, Salvador, Érico Cardoso], Ceará [Guaramiranga], Distrito Federal [Distrito Federal], Espírito Santo [Santa Leopoldina], Goiás [Anápolis, Bonfinópolis, Goianápolis, Jataí, Leopoldo De Bulhões, Nerópolis, Senador Canedo], Maranhão [Barreirinhas, Miranda Do Norte, Penalva, Peri Mirim, São José De Ribamar, Vitória Do Mearim], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães, Cáceres, Nova Xavantina, Sinop, Vera, Várzea Grande], Mato Grosso do Sul [Aquidauana, Bodoquena, Bonito, Corumbá, Costa Rica, Dourados, Itaporã, Miranda, Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais [Barbacena, Belo Horizonte, Capitólio, Ingaí, Ipatinga, Mar De Espanha, Mariana, Matipó, Nova Lima, Ouro Preto, Passa Quatro, Passos, Pitangui, Sacramento, Santa Bárbara, Santana Do Riacho, Sete Lagoas, São Gonçalo Do Rio Abaixo, São João Del Rei, São Roque De Minas, Uberlândia, Virgínia, Viçosa], Paraná [Antonina, Bituruna, Curitiba, Foz Do Iguaçu, Guarapuava, Guaíra, Marechal Cândido Rondon, Marumbi, Morretes, Palotina, Paranaguá, Paranavaí, Piraquara, Ponta Grossa, São José Dos Pinhais, Turvo, União Da Vitória], Paraíba [Mamanguape], Pará [Anajás, Belém, Jacareacanga, Parauapebas, Santarém, Óbidos], Pernambuco [Caruaru], Rio Grande do Norte [Açu, Natal, Serra Negra Do Norte], Rio Grande do Sul [Alegrete, Bagé, Canela, Canguçu, Capão Da Canoa, Caçapava Do Sul, Lavras Do Sul, Montenegro, Nova Petrópolis, Osório, Panambi, Pelotas, Pinheiro Machado, Planalto, Porto Alegre, Quaraí, Rosário Do Sul, Santa Cruz Do Sul, Santa Vitória Do Palmar, Santana Da Boa Vista, São Francisco De Paula, São Lourenço Do Sul, Tenente Portela, Torres, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Campos Dos Goytacazes, Itatiaia, Niterói, Rio Das Ostras, São José De Ubá], Rondônia [Ariquemes, Pimenta Bueno, Porto Velho], Roraima, Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Concórdia, Corupá, Florianópolis, Joinville, Mafra, Palhoça, Rio Dos Cedros, Seara, São Francisco Do Sul], São Paulo [Alvinlândia, Barra Do Turvo, Batatais, Botucatu, Campinas, Campos Do Jordão, Corumbataí, Cubatão, Franca, Guarulhos, Gália, Itatinga, Itu, Jundiaí, Juquiá, Monte Alegre Do Sul, Paulo De Faria, Rincão, Rio Claro, Sete Barras, São Bernardo Do Campo, São José Do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, São Sebastião], Tocantins [Esperantina]), Cayman Islands, Chile (Arica, Biobío, Cachapoal, Cautín, Chiloé, Choapa, Concepción, Elqui, Los Andes, Parinacota, Santiago, Valdivia, Valparaíso), Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (Cartago, Guanacaste, Limón, San José), Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador (Bolívar, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Napo, Pichincha, Sucumbíos), French Guiana (Cayenne, Kourou), Guadeloupe, Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Escuintla), Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Léon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama (Chiriquí, Coclé, Panamá), Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Caaguazú, Guairá, Itapúa, San Pedro), Peru (Ancash, Arequipa, Cuzco, Huánuco, Junín, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Piura, Puno, San Martín), Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rivera), Venezuela (Amazonas, Nueva Esparta), Virgin Islands (USA)

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Available SubGenus

Megachile (Acentron) Mitchell, 1943
Megachile (Argyropile) Mitchell, 1934
Megachile (Austromegachile) Mitchell, 1943
Megachile (Callomegachile) Michener, 1962
Megachile (Chalicodomopsis) Engel, 1999
Megachile (Chelostomoides) Robertson, 1901
Megachile (Chrysosarus) Mitchell, 1943
Megachile (Cressoniella) Mitchell, 1934
Megachile (Dasymegachile) Mitchell, 1943
Megachile (Eutricharaea) Thomson, 1872
Megachile (Grafella) Mitchell, 1980
Megachile (Gronoceras) Cockerell, 1907
Megachile (Joergensenella) Roig-Alsina, 2020
Megachile (Leptorachina) Mitchell, 1980
Megachile (Leptorachis) Mitchell, 1934
Megachile (Litomegachile) Mitchell, 1934
Megachile (Melanosarus) Mitchell, 1934
Megachile (Moureapis) Raw, 2002
Megachile (Neochelynia) Schrottky, 1920
Megachile (Phaenosarus) Mitchell, 1934
Megachile (Pseudocentron) Mitchell, 1934
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) Friese, 1898
Megachile (Ptilosaroides) Mitchell, 1980
Megachile (Ptilosarus) Mitchell, 1943
Megachile (Rhyssomegachile) Mitchell, 1980
Megachile (Sayapis) Titus, 1906
Megachile (Schrottkyapis) Mitchell, 1980
Megachile (Trichurochile) Mitchell, 1980
Megachile (Tylomegachile) Moure, 1953
Megachile (Xanthosarus) Robertson, 1903
Megachile (Zonomegachile) Mitchell, 1980

Unplaced Species

Megachile anisitsiana Strand, 1910
Megachile arechavaletae Schrottky, 1913
Megachile arequipensis (Janvier, 1955)
Megachile atrescens Cockerell, 1931
Megachile atritarsis Strand, 1910
Megachile aurorea Friese, 1916
Megachile blanda Mitchell, 1930
Megachile brunneipennis Friese, 1916
Megachile chubutana Schrottky, 1908
Megachile clariceps Friese, 1916
Megachile croceipennis Friese, 1916
Megachile cubiceps Friese, 1906
Megachile dupla Ritsema, 1880
Megachile fasciatricella Strand, 1910
Megachile flavitegulata Strand, 1910
Megachile iheringi Schrottky, 1913
Megachile joseana Friese, 1916
Megachile jucunda Mitchell, 1930
Megachile laticincta Cockerell, 1936
Megachile lorenzicola Strand, 1910
Megachile melancholica Jörgensen, 1912
Megachile montevidensis Schrottky, 1909
Megachile morrensis Strand, 1910
Megachile nigroalba Friese, 1920
Megachile orbata Smith, 1879
Megachile perparva Schrottky, 1909
Megachile rancaguensis Friese, 1905
Megachile rupestris Janvier, 1955
Megachile sanctaemariae Schrottky, 1909
Megachile santaerosae Strand, 1910
Megachile schrottkyi Vachal, 1904
Megachile scopulipes Cockerell, 1916
Megachile subhyalinella Strand, 1910
Megachile subinfima Schrottky, 1920
Megachile trinidadensis Strand, 1910
Megachile uncinata Gonzalez, Griswold, & Engel, 2018
Megachile villosifacies Strand, 1910