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Megachile (Sayapis) zaptlana Cresson, 1878
Megachile zaptlana Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 7: 61-136 [130] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2436 <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 105-134 [134] .
Type locality: Mexico.

Megachile melochiae Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [205] .
Type data: holotype MZUSP 18150 <M> , paratype <M>.
Type locality: Paraguay, Itapúa, Encarnación.

Megachile laqueata Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [220] .
Type data: holotype USNM 21691 <F>.
Type locality: Ecuador.

Megachile poculifera Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [217] .
Type data: holotype USNM 21687 <M>.
Type locality: Mexico.

Megachile mutaticeps Cockerell, T. D. A. (1923). Some bees from British Guiana. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11: 442-459 [457] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2436 <F>.
Type locality: Guyana, Berbice, Courantyne Coast.

Megachile addubitans Cockerell, T. D. A. (1931). Descriptions and records of bees - CXXX. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 8: 537-553 [537] .
Type data: holotype MCZ 16268 <F>.
Type locality: Mexico, Yucatán, Chichén Itzá.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Sonora), United States of America (Texas); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul [Miranda], Minas Gerais, Paraná [Curitiba], Paraíba, Pará, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Chile (Cautín, Elqui), Colombia (Valle del Cauca), Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico (Mexico, Morelos, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Panama (Panamá), Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela (Nueva Esparta)

References

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Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las Abejas de México. México: Secretaria de Fomento 3-20 pp. [11] (Listed)
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Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [216] (Citation)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1923). Some bees from Victoria, Mexico. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 63 (8): 1-5 [1, 2] (Distribution, key, as poculifera)
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