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Megachile (Zonomegachile) gigas Schrottky, 1908
Megachile gigas Schrottky, C. (1908). Nuevos himenópteros. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 65: 225-239 [235] .
Type data: holotype IOC <F> (deposited at DZUP).
Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo.

Megachile sanctipauli Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [205] .
Type data: holotype IOC <M> (deposited at DZUP).
Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Rincão.

Megachile aequalis 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 [246] .
Type data: holotype ANSP 4133 <M> , paratype ANSP <M> , paratype DZUP <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Chapada dos Guimarães.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bonito, Dourados], Minas Gerais [Pitangui], São Paulo [Batatais, Rincão])

References

Gonzalez, V. H., Griswold, T. L. & Engel, M. S. (2018). South American leaf cutter bees (genus Megachile) of the subgenera Rhyssomegachile and Zonomegachile, with two new subgenera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 425: 1-73 [45] (Species review, invalid neotype designation for Megachile gigas and M. sanctipauli, as Megachile (Zonomegachile) gigas)
Lima, F.V.O. & Silvestre, R. (2017). Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 107 (supl.): 1-14 [13] (Distribution record)
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [666] (Taxonomy, as M. (Chrysosarus) aequalis)
Moure, J. S. (1948). Notas sobre algumas abelhas de Tacanas, Tucumán, Argentina (Hymenopt. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 19 (1-2): 313-346 [332] (Description, key, as Acentron)
Oliveira-Lima, F. V. & Silvestre, R. (2017). Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 107 (supl.(e2017123)): 1-14 [14] (Distribution records)
Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [167]
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [212, 214, 215] (Listed, distribution (as Megachile (Chrysosarus) aequalis, M. (Pseudocentron) sanctipauli and M. (Zonomegachile) gigas))

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Last update : 07 Apr 2022