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Megachile (Zonomegachile) moderata Smith, 1879
Megachile moderata Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [74] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2430 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Tefé.

Megachile mariannae Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [438] (unnecessary nom. nov. for Megachile moderata Smith, 1879) .

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni, La Paz), Brazil (Acre, Amazonas [Tefé], Pará, Rondônia [Pimenta Bueno, Porto Velho]), Colombia (Amazonas), Ecuador (Napo, Sucumbíos), French Guiana (Kourou), Peru (Cuzco, Loreto, Madre de Dios)

References

Alfken, J. D. (1930). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen entomologischen Reisen des Herrn Dr. A. Roman 1914-1915 und 1923-1924 in Amazonas. Ark. Zool. (A) 21 (28): 1-16 [11] (Taxonomy, as mariannae and as moderata)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1927). Megachilid bees from Bolivia collected by the Mulford Biological Expedition, 1921-22. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 71 (12): 1-22 [13, 15, 16] (Key, distribution, as mariannae)
Friese, H. (1911). Das Tierreich. Apidae I. Megachilinae. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn Vol. 28 440 pp. [268] (Taxonomy, as mariannae)
Gonzalez, V. H., Griswold, T. & 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. 2018 (425): 1-74 [55] (Distribution records)
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 [52] (Species review, as Megachile (Zonomegachile) moderata)
Mitchell, T. B. (1980). A generic revision of the megachiline bees of the Western Hemisphere. Raleigh: Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University 1-95 pp. [72] (Taxonomy, as Chrysosarus (Zonomegachile) mariannae)
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. [998] (Catalog, partim as Megachile (Zonomegachile) moderata)
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [37] (Taxonomy, as Megachile (Zonomegachile) moderata)
Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [162] (Original description (translation))
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [215] (Listed, distribution, as Megachile (Zonomegachile) moderata)

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