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Megachile (Pseudocentron) rubricata Smith, 1853
Megachile rubricata 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. [187] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2437 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Tefé.

Megachile hilaris Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [72] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2637 <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Santarém.

Megachile clavispinis 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 [14] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, '(Goyaz ?)'.

Megachile imperator 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 [185] .
Type data: holotype ANSP 4136 <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Chapada dos Guimarães.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amazonas [Tefé], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães], Minas Gerais [Nova Lima, Santana Do Riacho], Pará [Parauapebas, Santarém])

References

Borges, R.C., Padovani, K., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L. & Giannini, T.C. (2020). A dataset of multi-functional ecological traits of Brazilian bees. Sci. Data 7 (120): 1-9 [3] (Distribution)
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 [16] (Comparative note, citation (as hilaris))
Coelho, I. R., Zama, P. C. & Ferrari, R. R. (2016). First record of gynandromorphism in Megachile (Pseudocentron) rubricata Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 92 (2): 104-108 [104] (Distribution records)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [433, 446] (Taxonomy (as hilaris))
Friese, H. (1911). Das Tierreich. Apidae I. Megachilinae. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn Vol. 28 440 pp. [267, 270] (Taxonomy (as hilaris))
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] (Citation (as imperata))
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [663] (Taxonomy (as imperator))
Moure, J. S. (1943). Abelhas de Batatais (Hym. Apoidea). Arq. Mus. Paranaense 3: 145-203 [170] (Comparative note (as hilaris))
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [30] (Taxonomy, as M. (Pseudocentron) rubricata)
Schrottky, C. (1908). Nuevos himenópteros. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 65: 225-239 [235, 236] (Comparative note)
Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [167, 207, 212] (Taxonomy, translation (original description) (as hilaris, rubricata, clavispinis))
Schrottky, C. (1920). Himenopteros nuevos o poco conocidos sudamericanos. Rev. Mus. Paul. 12 (2): 179-227 [198] (Taxonomy (as hilaris))
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, 215] (Listed, distribution (as Megachile (Pseudocentron) imperator, M. (Pseudocentron) rubricata, M. clavispinis and M. hillaris [sic]))
Strand, E. (1910). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Hymenopterenfauna von Paraguay. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 455-562 [536, 537, 542] (Taxonomy (as hilaris and as clavispinis))
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 [14] (Key)

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