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Megachile (Leptorachis) curta Cresson, 1865
Megachile curta Cresson, E. T. (1865). On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 4: 1-200 [178] .
Type data: lectotype IESH [Gundlach coll.] <M>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 105-134 [116] .
Type locality: Cuba.

Megachile curta var. tibialis Cresson, E. T. (1869). Notes on Cuban Hymenoptera, with descriptions of new species. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 2: 293-298 [296] .
Type data: lectotype IESH [Gundlach coll.] <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 105-134 [132] .
Type locality: Cuba.

Megachile salti Mitchell, T. B. (1927). New West Indian Megachile. Psyche 34 (1): 47-57 [51] .
Type data: holotype MCZ 15706 <F>.
Type locality: Cuba, Soledad.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico (Quintana Roo)

References

Ashmead, W. H. (1900). Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the Islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 2: 207-367 [302] (Distribution)
Cresson, E. T. (1869). Notes on Cuban Hymenoptera, with descriptions of new species. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 2: 293-298 [296] (Female description, note)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [428]
Friese, H. (1902). Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. (Hym). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 2: 196-201 [199] (Taxonomy, distribution)
Genaro, J. A. (1998). Distribution and synonymy of some Caribbean bees of the genera Megachile and Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Caribb. J. Sci. 34 (1-2): 151-152 [151] (Synonymy, distribution, note)
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] (Taxonomy)
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [663]
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [15] (Taxonomy, as salti)

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