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Megachile (Austromegachile) Mitchell, 1943
Megachile (Austromegachile) Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [666] .
Type species: Megachile montezuma Cresson, 1878 by original designation.

Megachile (Holcomegachile) Moure, J. S. (1953). Notas sobre Megachilidae de Bolivia, Perú y Chile (Hymenoptera - Apoidea). Dusenia 4 (2): 113-124 [119] .
Type species: Megachile giraffa Schrottky, 1913 ( = Megachile exaltata Smith) by original designation.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones, Tucumán), Belize, Bolivia (El Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre [Senador Guiomard], Amapá [Mazagão], Amazonas [Itacoatiara, Manaus, São Paulo De Olivença, Tonantins], Bahia, Ceará [Guaramiranga], Goiás, Maranhão [Miranda Do Norte, Penalva, Peri Mirim, São José De Ribamar, Vitória Do Mearim], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães], Mato Grosso do Sul [Aquidauana, Bodoquena, Dourados, Miranda, Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais [Belo Horizonte, Ingaí, Mar De Espanha, Matipó, São João Del Rei, Viçosa], Paraná [Antonina, Curitiba, Guarapuava, Palotina, Ponta Grossa], Pará [Belém, Santarém, Óbidos], Rio Grande do Sul [Canela, Nova Petrópolis, Osório, Planalto, Porto Alegre, Tenente Portela, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Itatiaia, Rio Das Ostras], Rondônia [Porto Velho], Santa Catarina [Concórdia, Florianópolis, Joinville, Seara, São Francisco Do Sul], São Paulo [Alvinlândia, Campinas, Campos Do Jordão, Corumbataí, Jundiaí, Rincão, Rio Claro, São Bernardo Do Campo, São Paulo, São Sebastião], Tocantins [Esperantina]), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana (Cayenne), Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Mexico, Morelos, Nayarit, Sinaloa), Panama (Chiriquí, Coclé, Panamá), Paraguay, Peru (Junín, Lima, Piura), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

References

Laroca, S., Schwartz Filho, D. L. & Zanella, F. C. V. (1989). Ninho de Austromegachile habilis e notas sobre a diversidade de Megachile (Apoidea, Megachilidae) em biótopos neotropicais. Acta Biol. Parana. 16 (1-4 [1987]): 93-105 [93, 95] (Taxonomy, cited (as Austromegachile and Megachile (Austromegachile)))
Raw, A. (2006). A new subgenus and three new species of leafcutter bees, Megachile (Austrosarus) (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from central Brazil. Zootaxa 1228: 25-34 [33] (Comparative note)

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Last update : 07 Apr 2022

Available Species

Megachile (Austromegachile) abnormis Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Austromegachile) antiqua Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Austromegachile) atra Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Austromegachile) constructrix Smith, 1879
Megachile (Austromegachile) donata Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Austromegachile) exaltata Smith, 1853
Megachile (Austromegachile) facialis Vachal, 1909
Megachile (Austromegachile) fiebrigi Schrottky, 1908
Megachile (Austromegachile) futilis Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Austromegachile) habilis Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Austromegachile) ignava Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Austromegachile) insolens Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Austromegachile) laevinasis Vachal, 1904
Megachile (Austromegachile) lamnula Vachal, 1909
Megachile (Austromegachile) lenticula Vachal, 1909
Megachile (Austromegachile) limata Vachal, 1909
Megachile (Austromegachile) minima Ashmead, 1900
Megachile (Austromegachile) montezuma Cresson, 1878
Megachile (Austromegachile) oligosticta Moure, 1953
Megachile (Austromegachile) orbiculata Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Austromegachile) paraensis Mocsary, 1887
Megachile (Austromegachile) philinca Cockerell, 1912
Megachile (Austromegachile) recta Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Austromegachile) rubicunda Smith, 1879
Megachile (Austromegachile) sejuncta Cockerell, 1927
Megachile (Austromegachile) semota Cockerell, 1927
Megachile (Austromegachile) subpallens Vachal, 1909
Megachile (Austromegachile) susurrans Haliday, 1836
Megachile (Austromegachile) tepaneca Cresson, 1878
Megachile (Austromegachile) trichrootricha Moure, 1953
Megachile (Austromegachile) trigonaspis Schrottky, 1913
Megachile (Austromegachile) weyrauchi Moure, 1953