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Megachile (Chrysosarus) leucografa Friese, 1908
Megachile leucografa 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 [67] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <F>, paralectotype NMW <F> .
Subsequent designation: Durante, S.P., Torretta, J.P., Cabrera, N.C. & Roig-Alsina, A. (2020). Taxonomic studies on the subgenus Megachile (Dactylomegachile) in Argentina (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 79 (2): 20-34 [27] .
Type locality: Argentina, Mendoza.

Megachile trochantina 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: lectotype MNHP <M>.
Subsequent designation: Durante, S.P. (1994). Aportes al conocimiento de Chrysosarus (Dactylomegachile) trochantina (Vachal 1909) comb. nov. (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Neotropica (La Plata) 40: 41-44 .
Type locality: Argentina, Mendoza.

Megachile perspicua 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 [289] .
Type data: holotype MCZ 16203 <F>.
Type locality: Argentina, Córdoba.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Durante, S.P., Torretta, J.P., Cabrera, N.C. & Roig-Alsina, A. (2020). Taxonomic studies on the subgenus Megachile (Dactylomegachile) in Argentina (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 79 (2): 20-34 [27]

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán)

References

Durante, S.P., Torretta, J.P., Cabrera, N.C. & Roig-Alsina, A. (2020). Taxonomic studies on the subgenus Megachile (Dactylomegachile) in Argentina (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 79 (2): 20-34 [27] (Species revision, as Megachile (Dactylomegachile) leucographa)
Jörgensen, P. (1909). Beobachtungen über Blumenbesuch, Biologie, Verbreitung usw. der Bienen von Mendoza (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 211-228 [215] (Distribution records (as Megachile leucografa))
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 [309, 311, 312] (Cleptoparasite, distribution and flower records, as Megachile leucographa [sic] and M. trochantina)
Jörgensen, P. (1912). Revision der Apiden der Provinz Mendoza, Republica Argentina (Hym.). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 32: 89-162 [128, 132] (Distribution and flower records, nest as Megachile leucographa [sic] and M. trochantina)
Moure, J. S., Melo, G. A. R. & DalMolin, A. (2007). Megachilini Latreille, 1802 pp. 917-1001 in Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia xiv+1058 pp. [957] (Catalog (as Megachile leucographa [sic]))
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [11, 12] (Taxonomy, as Megachile (Chrysosarus) perspicua and M. trochantina)
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [247] (Taxonomy, distribution (as Megachile leucographa [sic]))
Schrottky, C. (1920). Himenopteros nuevos o poco conocidos sudamericanos. Rev. Mus. Paul. 12 (2): 179-227 [203, 204] (Citation, comparative note (as Megachile leucografa))
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, as Megachile trocanthina)

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