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Megachile (Melanosarus) nigripennis Spinola, 1841
Megachile nigripennis Spinola, M. (1841). Hyménoptères recueillis a Cayenne en 1839 par M. Leprieur. Seconde Partie: Porte-Aguillons. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 10: 85-149 [143] .
Type data: holotype MSNT <F>.
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne.

Megachile hypocrita 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. [184] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2460 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Belém.

Megachile totonaca Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 7: 61-136 [117] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2422 <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 105-134 [133] .
Type locality: Mexico.

Megachile proserpina Schrottky, C. (1908). Nuevos himenópteros. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 65: 225-239 [233] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: Paraguay, Asunción.

Megachile aequilibra 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) 27 (11/12 [1908]): 221-244 [225] .
Type data: lectotype MNHP <F> , paralectotype MNHP <F>.
Subsequent designation: 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. [972] .
Type locality: Ecuador, 'Palmar'.

Megachile fumicosta Strand, E. (1910). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Hymenopterenfauna von Paraguay. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 455-562 [537] .
Type data: holotype ZMB <F>.
Type locality: Paraguay, Villa Morra.

Megachile vernoniae Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [203] .
Type data: syntype MZUSP <M>.
Type locality: Paraguay: Asunción; Alto Paraná, Puerto Bertoni.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones), Bolivia (El Beni), Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul [Bonito], Minas Gerais, Pará [Belém], Rio de Janeiro [Campos Dos Goytacazes, Rio Das Ostras], São Paulo [São Sebastião]), Colombia, Costa Rica (San José), Ecuador, French Guiana (Cayenne), Mexico (Jalisco, Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas, Yucatan), Panama (Coclé), Paraguay, Peru (Huánuco)

References

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