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Megachile (Sayapis) squalens Haliday, 1836
Megachile squalens Haliday, A. H. (1836). Descriptions, &c. of the Hymenoptera pp. 316-331 in Curtis, J., Haliday, A. H. & Walker, F. Descriptions of Hymenoptera collected by Captain King, R. N., F. R. S., in the survey of Straits of Magellan. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 17: 315–359 [320] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2477 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, 'along the coast'.

Megachile curitibana Moure, J. S. (1943). Abelhas de Batatais (Hym. Apoidea). Arq. Mus. Paranaense 3: 145-203 [178] .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F> , paratype DZUP <F>.
Type locality: [Brazil, Paraná, Curitiba].

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bodoquena, Miranda], Paraná [Curitiba], Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo)

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1923). Some bees from British Guiana. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11: 442-459 [457, 458] (Note, distribution)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [450] (Catalog (as Megachile squalens))
Friese, H. (1911). Das Tierreich. Apidae I. Megachilinae. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn Vol. 28 440 pp. [274] (Taxonomy (as Megachile squalens))
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [100] (Taxonomy, distribution (misidentification, as Megachile (Leptorachis) squalens))
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 [240] (Distribution (misidentification, as Megachile squalens))
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 (misidentification, as Megachile (Leptorachis) squalens))
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [663] (Taxonomy (misidentification, as Megachile (Leptorachis) squalens))
Moure, J. S. (1941). Apoidea Neotropica - III. Arq. Mus. Paranaense 1: 41-99 [92, 93] (Comparative note (misidentification, as Megachile squalens))
Moure, J. S. (1942). Abelhas de Salobra (Hym. Apoidea). Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 2 (21): 291-321 [308, 309] (Citation, distribution, descriptive note (misidentification, as Megachile squalens))
Moure, J. S. (1947). Notas sobre algunas abejas de la Provincia de Salta (Hymen. Apoidea). Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 13: 218-253 [231] (Taxonomy (misidentification, as Megachile (Pseudocentron) squalens))
Moure, J. S. (1948). Notas sobre algumas abelhas de Tacanas, Tucumán, Argentina (Hymenopt. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 19 (1-2): 313-346 [323] (Taxonomy, distribution (misidentification, as Megachile (Pseudocentron) squalens))
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)
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [34] (Taxonomy, as M. (Sayapis) squalens)
Schrottky, C. (1909). Hymenoptera Nova. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 67: 209-228 [220] (Citation (misidentification, as Megachile squalens))
Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [195] (Taxonomy, distribution, synonymy (misidentification, as Megachile squalens))
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [214] (Listed, distribution (as Megachile (Sayapis) curitibana and M. (Sayapis) squalens))
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. [188] (Taxonomy (as Megachile squalens))

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