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Megachile (Austromegachile) exaltata Smith, 1853
Megachile exaltata Smith, F. (1853). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London: British Museum 1-198 pp. [185] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2458 <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Rio Tapajós.

Megachile incongrua Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [78] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2501 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Tonantins.

Megachile giraffa Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [218] .
Type data: holotype MZUSP <M>.
Type locality: Paraguay, Alto Paraná, Puerto Bertoni.

Megachile melanopoda Cockerell, T. D. A. (1923). Some bees from British Guiana. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11: 442-459 [456] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2462 <F>.
Type locality: Guyana, Issororo.

Megachile anodonta 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 [18] .
Type data: holotype USNM 29094 <M>.
Type locality: Bolivia, 'Reyes'.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre [Senador Guiomard], Amazonas [Tonantins], Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul [Bodoquena, Miranda], Minas Gerais [Viçosa], Pará [Santarém]), Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Jalisco)

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 (as Megachile (Holcomegachile) exaltata))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1923). Some bees from British Guiana. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11: 442-459 [456, 457] (Comparative note (as Megachile exaltata and M. giraffa))
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 [16, 18] (Citation (as Megachile exaltata and M. giraffa))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [430, 433] (Taxonomy, as exaltata and as incongrua)
Friese, H. (1911). Das Tierreich. Apidae I. Megachilinae. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn Vol. 28 440 pp. [267, 305] (Taxonomy, as incongrua)
Meade-Waldo, G. (1912). Notes on the Apidae (Hymenoptera) in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 461-478 [478] (Synonymy)
Mitchell, T. B. (1930). A contribution to the knowledge of neotropical Megachile with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 56: 155-305 [163, 164, 174, 263] (Key, distribution, descriptive note (as Megachile melanopoda and M. anodonta))
Moure, J. S. (1942). Abelhas de Salobra (Hym. Apoidea). Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 2 (21): 291-321 [312] (Distribution, descriptive note (as Megachile giraffa))
Moure, J. S. (1953). Notas sobre Megachilidae de Bolivia, Perú y Chile (Hymenoptera - Apoidea). Dusenia 4 (2): 113-124 [119] (Notes, synonymy, distribution (as Megachile (Holcomegachile) giraffa))
Oliveira-Lima, F. V. & Silvestre, R. (2017). Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 107 (supl.(e2017123)): 1-14 [13] (Distribution records)
Posey, D. A. (1983). Folk apiculture of the Kayapó indians of Brazil. Biotropica 15 (2): 154-158 [156] (Listed (as Megachile giraffa))
Ramos, K.S., Kawada, R. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2015). Type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 55 (24): 335-361 [339] (Note on type material (as Megachile giraffa))
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [4, 5] (Taxonomy (as Megachile (Austromegachile) exaltata, M. (Austromegachile) incongrua and M. (Austromegachile) melanopoda))
Schrottky, C. (1908). Nuevos himenópteros. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 65: 225-239 [238] (Comparative note (as incongrua))
Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [162, 219] (Taxonomy, as incongrua; original description (translation), as exaltata)
Serrão, J. E. (2005). Proventricular structure in solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Org. Divers. Evol. (2) 5: 125-133 [126] (Distribution records)
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) exaltata, M. (Austromegachile) incongrua, M. (Austromegachile) melanopoda and M. (Holcomegachile) giraffa))
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 [227] (Citation, as incongrua)

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