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Megachile (Melanosarus) singularis Cresson, 1865
Megachile maura Cresson, E. T. (1865). On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 4: 1-200 [179] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2421 <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 105-134 [123] .
Type locality: Cuba.

Megachile singularis Cresson, E. T. (1865). On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 4: 1-200 [177] .
Type data: lectotype IESH [Gundlach coll.] <M>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 105-134 [130] .
Type locality: Cuba.

Megachile carlotensis Mitchell, T. B. (1927). New West Indian Megachile. Psyche 34 (1): 47-57 [55] .
Type data: holotype MCZ 15705 <M>.
Type locality: Cuba, Trinidad Mts., Mina Carlota.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Cuba

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, as maura and as singularis)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [438, 450] (Catalog, as maura and as singularis)
Dewitz, H. (1881). Hymenopteren von Portorico. Berl. Entomol. Z. 25: 197-208 [197] (Listed as Singularis [sic])
Friese, H. (1902). Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. (Hym). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 2: 196-201 [199, 200] (Taxonomy, distribution, as maura and as singularis)
Genaro, J. A. (1998). Distribution and synonymy of some Caribbean bees of the genera Megachile and Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Caribb. J. Sci. 34 (1-2): 151-152 [151] (Synonymy)
Mitchell, T. B. (1927). New West Indian Megachile. Psyche 34 (1): 47-57 [57] (Taxonomy, distribution, flower record, comparative notes, as maura and as carlotensis)
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 maura)
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [663] (Taxonomy, as maura)
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [22] (Synonymy, as maura)
Wolcott, G. N. (1948). The insects of Puerto Rico. J. Agric. Univ. P. R. 32 (2): 749-975 [869] (Citation)

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