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Megachile (Pseudocentron) poeyi Guérin, 1844
Megachile poeyi Guérin-Méneville, F. E. (1844). Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux; pouvant servir d'atlas à tous les traités de Zoologie. Paris: Baillière, J. B. Vol. 7 576 pp. [450] .
Type data: syntype ZSM <F> , syntype MCG <F><M>.
Type locality: Cuba.

Megachile velhoensis 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 [199] .
Type data: holotype MCZ 16199 <M>.
Type locality: 'Brazil, Rondônia, Porto Velho' [according to Moure's notes, the type specimen is mislabeled; see also Raw (2002:30)].

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago

References

Ashmead, W. H. (1900). Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the Islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 2: 207-367 [302] (Catalog, distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [341] (Key, distribution, synonymy)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of bees. XLVII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 484-493 [486] (Citation, distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1937). The bees of Barbados. Entomologist 70: 111-113 [112] (Comparative note)
Cresson, E. T. (1865). On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 4: 1-200 [177]
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [444]
Dewitz, H. (1881). Hymenopteren von Portorico. Berl. Entomol. Z. 25: 197-208 [197] (List (as Poeyi (sic)))
Friese, H. (1902). Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. (Hym). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 2: 196-201 [200] (Catalog, distribution)
Guiglia, D. & Pasteels, J. (1961). Aggiunte ed osservazioni all'elenco delle specie di imenotteri descritte da Guérin-Méneville che si trovano nelle collezioni del Museo di Genoa. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 72: 17-30 [20] (Note on type material (as Poeyi (sic)))
Mitchell, T. B. (1927). New West Indian Megachile. Psyche 34 (1): 47-57 [57] (Catalog, flower record)
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 [222] (Comparative note)
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 [303] (Taxonomy, as M. (Pseudocentron) poeyi and as velhoensis)
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [663, 664] (Taxonomy, as M. (Pseudocentron) poeyi and as velhoensis)
Moure, J. S. (1960). Notes on the types of the Neotropical bees described by Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Stud. Entomol. (Rio J.) 3 (1-4): 97-160 [110] (Citation (as Megachile (Pseudocentron) holosericea poeyi))
Myers, J. G. (1935). Ethological observations on the citrus bee, Trigona silvestriana Vachal, and other neotropical bees (Hym., Apoidea). Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 83 (1): 131-142 [137] (Distribution, flower record (as Megachile poeyi Lep. [sic]))
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [30] (Synonymy, note, as M. (Pseudocentron) poeyi)
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, erroneous distribution (as Megachile (Pseudocentron) poeyi))
Wolcott, G. N. (1948). The insects of Puerto Rico. J. Agric. Univ. P. R. 32 (2): 749-975 [869] (Citation)

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