APIDAE Megachilinae Megachilini Megachile Megachile (Austromegachile)
Megachile (Austromegachile) constructrix Smith, 1879
Megachile constructrix
Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [77] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2447 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Vila Nova.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni), Brazil (Amapá [Mazagão])
References
Alfken, J. D. (1930). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen entomologischen Reisen des Herrn Dr. A. Roman 1914-1915 und 1923-1924 in Amazonas. Ark. Zool. (A) 21 (28): 1-16 [11]
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [341] (Key)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19: 41-61 [55] (Key)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1927). Megachilid bees from Bolivia collected by the Mulford Biological Expedition, 1921-22. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 71 (12): 1-22 [13, 17] (Key, distribution, comparative note)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [427]
Friese, H. (1911). Das Tierreich. Apidae I. Megachilinae. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn Vol. 28 440 pp. [266]
Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (2007). Megachilini Latreille, 1802. pp. 917-1001 in Oure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical region Vol. 1. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 1st Edn 1058 pp. [947] (erroneous distribution record)
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [4] (Taxonomy)
Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [190] (Original description (translation))
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [212] (Listed, distribution (as Megachile (Austromegachile) constructrix))
Vachal, J. (1909). Espèces nouvelles ou litigieuses d'Apidae du haut Bassin du Parana et des régions contiguës et délimitation d'une nouvelle sous-famille Diphaglossinae (Hym.). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 27 (11/12 [1908]): 221-244 [226] (Citation)
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