Megachile (Cressoniella) zapoteca Cresson, 1878
Megachile bidentata
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. [190] (secondary junior homonym of Megachile bidentata (Fabricius, 1775)) .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2416 <M>.
Type locality: Mexico.
Megachile tuxtla
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 [128] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2429 <M>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 105-134 [133] .
Type locality: Mexico.
Megachile zapoteca
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 [128] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2428 <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 105-134 [134] .
Type locality: Mexico.
Megachile bidens
Friese, H. (1911). Das Tierreich. Apidae I. Megachilinae. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn Vol. 28 440 pp. [256] (nom. nov. for Megachile bidentata Smith, 1853) .
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Sonora, Zacatecas), United States of America (Arizona); Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (San José), Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Léon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz)
References
Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González- Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [455] (Distribution, as bidentata and as zapoteca)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las Abejas de México. México: Secretaria de Fomento 3-20 pp. [11] (Taxonomy, distribution, as zapoteca and as tuxtla)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of bees - XLV. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 21-31 [25, 27] (Comparative note, female description, distribution, as tuxtla)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [212, 214] (Taxonomy, note, as tuxtla)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1936). Bees from British Guiana. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 44: 249-252 [251] (Citation, as tuxtla)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [450] (Taxonomy, distribution)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [451, 453] (Catalog, as tuxtla)
Friese, H. (1911). Das Tierreich. Apidae I. Megachilinae. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn Vol. 28 440 pp. [256, 260] (Taxonomy, descriptive notes (as Megachile bidens, M. tuxtla and M. zapoteca))
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 [165, 172, 287] (Key, as tuxtla)
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 [302, 307] (Key, as zapoteka [sic])
Mitchell, T. B. (1935). A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part II. Morphology of the male sternites and genital armature and the taxonomy of the subgenera Litomegachile, Neomegachile and Cressoniella. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 61: 1-44 [42-44, pl. 1] (Taxonomy, descriptive note, distribution, illustration, as zapoteka [sic])
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [662] (Taxonomy)
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [13] (Taxonomy, as bidens)
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