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Megachile (Moureapis) benigna Mitchell, 1930
Megachile benigna 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 [214] .
Type data: holotype ANSP 4138 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Chapada dos Guimarães.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães], Minas Gerais [São Gonçalo Do Rio Abaixo], Paraná [Guarapuava, Turvo], Rio de Janeiro [São José De Ubá], São Paulo [Botucatu, Gália, Jundiaí, Rincão]), Paraguay

References

Cardoso, C. F. & Silveira, F. (2012). A. Nesting biology of two species of Megachile (Moureapis) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in a semideciduous forest reserve in southeastern Brazil. Apidologie 43 (1): 71-81 [73] (Distribution records)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1923). Some bees from British Guiana. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11: 442-459 [454] (Citation, as beroni)
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [663] (Taxonomy, as benigna and as beroni)
Moure, J. S. (1941). Apoidea Neotropica - III. Arq. Mus. Paranaense 1: 41-99 [93] (Descriptive note, as beroni)
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abelhas de Monte Alegre (Est. S. Paulo) (Hym. - Apoidea). Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 6 (10): 103-126 [118, 120] (Citation, note on type material, synonymy, distribution)
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. [980] (Catalog (as Megachile (Pseudocentron) benigna))
Nether, M. C., Dudek, J. & Buschini, M. L. T. (2019). Trophic interaction and diversity of cavity-nesting bees and wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) in Atlantic forest fragments and in adjacent matrices. Apidologie 50: 104-115 [110] (Distribution records)
Raw, A. (2002). New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71: 1-43 [24] (Taxonomy (as Megachile (Moureapis) benigna))
Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [166] (Redescription, distribution, as beroni)
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [213] (Listed, distribution (as Megachile (Pseudocentron) benigna))
Teixeira, F. M., Schwartz, T. A. C. & Gaglianone, M. C. (2011). Biologia da nidificação de Megachile (Moureapis) benigna Mitchell. EntomoBrasilis 4 (3): 92-99 [93] (Distribution records)

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Last update : 07 Apr 2022