Megachile (Neochelynia) Schrottky, 1920
Neochelynia
Schrottky, C. (1920). Himenopteros nuevos o poco conocidos sudamericanos. Rev. Mus. Paul. 12 (2): 179-227 [187] .
Type species: Neochelynia paulista Schrottky, 1920
by monotypy.
Megachile (Neomegachile)
Mitchell, T. B. (1933). A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic region. Part I. Classification and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 59: 295-361 [302] .
Type species: Megachile chichimeca Cresson, 1878
by original designation.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Sonora), United States of America (Texas); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Tucumán), Brazil (Bahia, Maranhão [Miranda Do Norte], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bonito, Dourados, Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais, Paraíba [Mamanguape], Pará [Santarém], Rio Grande do Norte [Serra Negra Do Norte], São Paulo [Franca, Rio Claro, São Paulo], Tocantins [Esperantina]), Colombia (Magdalena), Costa Rica (Limón), French Guiana (Cayenne), Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan), Panama (Panamá), Paraguay, Peru (Huánuco), Trinidad and Tobago
References
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)
Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [575] (Taxonomy)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 07 Apr 2022
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