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Megachile (Neochelynia) pedalis Fox, 1891
Megachile pedalis Fox, W. J. (1891). On a collection of Hymenoptera made in Jamaica during April, 1891. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 18: 337-348 [347] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 10549 <M>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1928). The types of Hymenoptera in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia other than those of Ezra T. Cresson. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 5: 1-90 [70] .
Type locality: Jamaica, Kingston.

Megachile liguanensis Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of bees. XLVII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 484-493 [486] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F>.
Type locality: Jamaica, Kingston, Liguanea Plain.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Jamaica

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] (Distribution)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [443]
Friese, H. (1902). Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. (Hym). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 2: 196-201 [200] (Taxonomy, distribution)
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [27] (Synonymy, erroneous type number and misplaced information on type of Megachile pedalis)

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