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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

Available Species

Megachile (Neochelynia) alta Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Neochelynia) bicarinis Vachal, 1909
Megachile (Neochelynia) brethesi Schrottky, 1909
Megachile (Neochelynia) chichimeca Cresson, 1878
Megachile (Neochelynia) clara Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Neochelynia) coelioxoides Cresson, 1878
Megachile (Neochelynia) conica Spinola, 1841
Megachile (Neochelynia) fumata Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Neochelynia) nubila Vachal, 1904
Megachile (Neochelynia) paulista (Schrottky, 1920)
Megachile (Neochelynia) pedalis Fox, 1891
Megachile (Neochelynia) perpunctata Cockerell, 1896
Megachile (Neochelynia) praecipua Mitchell, 1930
Megachile (Neochelynia) rufobarbata Cockerell, 1936
Megachile (Neochelynia) stomatura Cockerell, 1917
Megachile (Neochelynia) zernyi Alfken, 1933