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Megachile (Austromegachile) trigonaspis Schrottky, 1913
Megachile trigonaspis Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [191] .
Type data: holotype MZUSP 18145 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Rincão.

Megachile xantholeuca 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 [14] .
Type data: holotype USNM 29084 <F> gynandromorph.
Type locality: Bolivia, El Beni, 'Cavinas, Rio Beni'.

Megachile certa 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 [272] .
Type data: holotype ANSP 4120 <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Chapada dos Guimarães.

Megachile egressa 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 [276] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown [Coll. Meyer] <F>.
Type locality: Paraguay, Caazapa, Tapyta.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones), Bolivia (El Beni), Brazil (Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães], Mato Grosso do Sul [Aquidauana, Bodoquena, Miranda], Minas Gerais [Matipó], Paraná [Curitiba, Ponta Grossa], Santa Catarina [Florianópolis, Seara], São Paulo [Rincão, Rio Claro]), Panama (Coclé), Paraguay, Peru

References

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Graf, V. (1967). Nota sobre glândula salivar da cabeça em Megachile (Megachilidae- Apoidea). Dusenia 8 (4): 131-133 [131, 132] (Morphology, illustration)
Graf, V. (1968). Observações sobre o canal salivar cefálico de alguns Apidae. Bol. Univ. Fed. Parana, Zool. 3 (3): 65-78 [75] (Morphology)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [102] (Taxonomy, distribution, as certa)
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [667] (Taxonomy, as certa and as trignoaspis)
Moure, J. S. (1941). Apoidea Neotropica - III. Arq. Mus. Paranaense 1: 41-99 [96] (Female description, as egressa)
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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)
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 [358] (Note on type material)
Rasmussen, C. & Olesen, J. M. (2000). Oil flowers and oil-collecting bees pp. 23-31 in Totland, O. (ed.) The Scandinavian association for pollination ecology honours Knut Faegri Vol. 39. Oslo: Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi. I. Matematisk Naturvidenskapelige Klasse, Skrifter [39] (Note on type material of Megachile trigonaspis)
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [6] (Taxonomy, as xantholeuca)
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) trigonaspis))
Steiner, J., Zillikens, A., Kamke, R., Feja, E. P. & Falkenberg, D. B. (2010). Bees and melittophilous plants of secondary Atlantic forest habitats at Santa Catarina Island, southern Brazil. Oecol. Aust. (1) 14: 16-39 [28] (Distribution records)

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