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Megachile (Sayapis) mendozana Cockerell, 1907
Megachile cornuta Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [78] (junior primary homonym of Megachile cornuta Latreille, 1805) .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2459 <F>.
Type locality: Argentina, Mendoza.

Megachile rhinoceros Friese, H. (1906). Resultate einer Reise des Herrn A. C. Jensen-Haarup in die Gegend von Mendoza (Argentina). Flora Fauna 8 (3): 89-102 [97] (junior primay homonym of Megachile rhinoceros Mocsáry, 1892) .
Type data: holotype ZMB <F>.
Type locality: Argentina, Salta.

Megachile mendozana Cockerell, T. D. A. (1907). Notes on the nomenclature of some hymenoptera. Entomologist 40: 49-51 [50] (nom. nov. for Megachile cornuta Smith, 1879) .

Megachile verticalis Friese, H. (1920). Neue Arten der Bauchsammler (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1920: 49-55 [52] (nom. nov. for Megachile rhinoceros Friese, 1906) .

Megachile (Sayapis) opsiphanes Moure, J. S. (1943). Abelhas de Batatais (Hym. Apoidea). Arq. Mus. Paranaense 3: 145-203 [176] .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F> , paratype DZUP <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Batatais.

Eumegachile (Sayapis) santiaguensis Durante, S. P. (1996). Eumegachile (Sayapis) santiaguensis Durante, sp.n. pp. 334-336 in Durante, S. P. & Díaz, N. B. Estudio taxonómico de las especies argentinas del genero Eumegachile Friese (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 40: (3-4) 327–336 [334] .
Type data: holotype MLP <M> , paratype MLP <M>.
Type locality: Argentina, Misiones, Bonpland.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Torretta, J. P. & Durante, S. P. (2011). Nesting ecology of Megachile (Sayapis)mendozana Cockerell and its synonymy with Megachile (Sayapis)santiaguensis Durante (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 3008: 63–68 [64]

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, San Juan, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero), Brazil (São Paulo [Batatais])

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [341] (Key (as cornuta))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1914). Descriptions and records of bees. LVIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 13: 424-433 [428] (Citation (as cornuta, mendozana and as rhinoceros), synonymy)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1917). Descriptions and records of bees. LXXVI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20: 235-241 [240] (Citation, distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [218] (Synonymy, distribution)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [427] (Taxonomy (as cornuta))
Durante, S. P. & Díaz, N. B. (1996). Estudio taxonómico de las especies argentinas del genero Eumegachile Friese (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 40 (3-4): 327-336 [330, 331] (Illustration, taxonomy, descriptive note, distribution, as Eumegachile (Sayapis) mendozana)
Friese, H. (1908). Die Apidae (Blumenwespen) von Argentina nach den Reisenergebnissen der Herren A. C. Jensen-Haarup und P. Jörgensen in den Jahren 1904-1907 [reprint with change in pagination (pp. 331-425 in original)]. Flora Fauna 10: 1-94 [63-64, 68, 69] (Male description (as rhinoceros n.sp. (sic)), key)
Friese, H. (1911). Das Tierreich. Apidae I. Megachilinae. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn Vol. 28 440 pp. [266] (Taxonomy (as cornuta))
Jensen-Haarup, A. C. (1908). Hoffmanseggia falcaria, Cav., and its visitors amongst bees. Flora Fauna 10: 108-111 [110, 111] (Flower record (as rhinoceros))
Jensen-Haarup, A. C. (1908). Biological researches amongst the Argentine bees with special reference to flowers they visit. Flora Fauna 10: 95-107 [106] (Flower records (as rhinoceros))
Jörgensen, P. (1909). Beobachtungen über Blumenbesuch, Biologie, Verbreitung usw. der Bienen von Mendoza (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 211-228 [215] (Taxonomy (as rhinoceros), flower record, distribution)
Jörgensen, P. (1912). Revision der Apiden der Provinz Mendoza, Republica Argentina (Hym.). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 32: 89-162 [128]
Jörgensen, P. (1912). Los crisídidos y los hymenópteros aculeatos de la Provincia de Mendoza. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires (3) 22: 267-338 [311] (Taxonomy (as rhinoceros and mendozana), synonymy)
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [664] (Taxonomy, as Megachile (Sayapis) mendozana)
Moure, J. S. (1943). Abelhas de Batatais (Hym. Apoidea). Arq. Mus. Paranaense 3: 145-203 [176, 177, 180] (Taxonomy, key, comparative note, synonymy (as Megachile (Sayapis) mendozana))
Moure, J. S. (1950). Halictidae novos da América do Sul (Hymenopt. - Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (5): 307-323 [323] (Citation (as Megachile (Sayapis) mendozana and M. (Sayapis) opsiphanes))
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 opsipanes))
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [33, 34] (Taxonomy, as M. (Sayapis) mendozana and M. (Sayapis) santiaguensis)
Schrottky, C. (1903). Enumération des hyménopteres connus jusqu'ici de la Republique Argentine, de l'Uruguay et du Paraguay. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 55: 176-186 [184] (Catalog, distribution ((as cornuta))
Schrottky, C. (1908). Nuevos himenópteros. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 65: 225-239 [233] (Comparative note (as cornuta))
Schrottky, C. (1909). Himenópteros de Catamarca. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 68: 233-272 [267] (Distribution, synonymy)
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [247] (Catalog, distribution)
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) opsiphanes))
Strand, E. (1909). Beitrag zur Bienenfauna von Paraguay. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 227-237 [234] (Taxonomy (as rhinoceros))
Strand, E. (1910). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Hymenopterenfauna von Paraguay. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 455-562 [461, 526] (Taxonomy (as rhinoceros and as mendozana))
Urban, D. (2003). Catálogo das abelhas publicadas por Jesus Santiago Moure pp. 11-43 in Melo, G. A. R. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: UNESC 320 pp. [22] (Type catalog, as opsiphanes)
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) 28 (1/2): 5-64 [16] (Note, key, distribution (as cornuta and as rhinoceros))

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