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Megachile (Chelostomoides) exilis Cresson, 1872
Megachile exilis Cresson, E. T. (1872). Hymenoptera Texana. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 4: 153-292 [265] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2439 <M>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 105-134 [118] .
Type locality: USA, Texas.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora), United States of America (Texas); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Hidalgo, Morelos, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas)

References

Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González- Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [455] (Distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las Abejas de México. México: Secretaria de Fomento 3-20 pp. [12]
Cresson, E. T. (1872). Hymenoptera Texana. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 4: 153-292 [269] (Female description, as studiosa)
Snelling, R. R. (1990). A review of the native North American bees of the genus Chalicodoma (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. 421: 1-39 [19] (Synonymy, note, distribution, flower record, as Chalidocoma)

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