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Megachile (Dasymegachile) melanotricha Spinola, 1851
Megachile melanotricha Spinola, M. (1851). Himenopteros pp. 153-569 in Gay, C. (ed.) Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile. Zoologia Vol. 6. Paris: Casa del autor 572 pp. [179] (Spelled originally as melatronicha. Reed (1892) and Dalla Torre (1896) amended it to melanotricha. This emendation has been adopted by subsequent authors and can be considered in prevailing usage, therefore, making it a justified emendation according to ICZN Art. 33.2.3.1 (see also Durante et al. 2006:798)) .
Type data: syntype MSNT <F><M>.
Type locality: Chile, 'norte de la República, Santa Rosa, etc.'.

Megachile reedi Ruiz P., F. (1938). Nuevas especies de abejas chilenas. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 42: 148-153 [152] .
Type data: holotype CSPN <F>.
Type locality: Chile, Coquimbo, Baños del Toro.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Neuquén), Chile

References

Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [439] (Catalog, justified emendation)
Durante, S. P., Abrahamovich, A. H. & Lucia, M. (2006). El subgénero Megachile (Dasymegachile) Mitchell con especial referencia a las especies argentinas (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Neotrop. Entomol. 35 (6): 791-802 [795, 796, 797] (Distribution map, listed, key, description, distribution records, note on original spelling (as Megachile (Dasymegachile) melanotricha))
Friese, H. (1904). Ueber einige Bienen von Chile. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 4: 303-304 [303] (Type, synonymy, redescription)
Friese, H. (1911). Das Tierreich. Apidae I. Megachilinae. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn Vol. 28 440 pp. [272]
Friese, H. (1920). Neue Arten der Bauchsammler (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1920: 49-55 [54] (Taxonomy, misinterpretation, as Anthidium melanotrichum)
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [14] (Taxonomy)
Reed, E. C. (1892). Revision de las abejas chilenas descritas en la obra de Gay. Actes Soc. Sci. Chili 2: 223-240 [226, 227] (Justified emendation)
Rojas, A. F. (1967). Actualización de los nombres de los Apoideos (Hymenoptera-Apoidea) de la "Historia Física y Política de Chile", de Claudio Gay. MNHN (Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat.) Not. Mens. 131: 6-8 [7,8] (List)
Ruiz P., F. (1940). Apidologia Chilena I Parte. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 44: 282-377 [352, 371] (Taxonomy, as Anthidium melanotrichum and as Megachile reedi)
Schrottky, C. (1908). Nuevos himenópteros. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 65: 225-239 [234] (Comparative note)
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [438] (Taxonomy, as melatronicha)
Toro, H. & Rodríguez, S. (1998). Los Anthidiini de Chile: clave para especies (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Acta Entomol. Chilena 22: 63-78 [71] (Citation)
Vachal, J. (1904). Voyage de M. G. A. Baer au Tucuman (Argentine). Hymenoptera Mellifera (Familia unica: Apidae). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 23: 9-26 [11] (Citation)

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