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Megachile (Leptorachina) laeta Smith, 1853
Megachile laeta 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. [186] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2732 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Rio Tapajós.

Megachile laeta anisitsi Schrottky, C. (1908). Nuevos himenópteros. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 65: 225-239 [237] .
Type data: syntype MNCN <F><M> , syntype MZUSP <F><M>.
Type locality: Paraguay, Asunción; Brazil, São Paulo.

Megachile flabellata Vachal, J. (1909). Espèces nouvelles ou litigieuses d'Apidae du haut Bassin du Parana et des régions contiguës et délimitation d' une nouvelle sous-famille Diphaglossinae (Hym.). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 28 (1/2): 5-64 [14] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Goiás, Jataí.

Megachile hilarimorpha Strand, E. (1910). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Hymenopterenfauna von Paraguay. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 455-562 [542] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <M>.
Type locality: Paraguay, Villa Morra.

Megachile intergradus Mitchell, T. B. (1928). Sex anomalies in the genus Megachile, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 54: 321-383 [339] .
Type data: holotype ANSP 4107 <F> , paratype ANSP <F> and anomalous specimen , paratype <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, Corumbá.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás [Anápolis, Bonfinópolis, Goianápolis, Jataí, Leopoldo De Bulhões, Nerópolis, Senador Canedo], Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul [Bodoquena, Corumbá], Minas Gerais, Paraná [Curitiba, Paranavaí], Pará [Santarém], Rio de Janeiro [Itatiaia], São Paulo [Batatais, Rio Claro, São Paulo]), Paraguay

References

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Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19: 41-61 [61] (Taxonomy, as flabellata)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [220] (Citation, as flabellata)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [434] (Catalog)
Franceschinelli, E.V., Bergamini, L.L., Silva-Neto, C.L., Elias, M.A.S., Moreira, G.L., Morais, J.M. & Mesquita-Neto, J.N. (2019). Native bee fauna of tomato crops: a comparison of active sampling and pan trapping methods. Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 109: 1-7 [4] (Distribution)
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Graf, V. (1967). Nota sobre a glândula da siringe em Apoidea. Dusenia 8 (4): 127-130 [128] (Morphology)
Mitchell, T. B. (1928). Sex anomalies in the genus Megachile, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 54: 321-383 [344] (Comparative note, as hilarimorpha)
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 [159, 172, 184] (Key, taxonomy, distribution, as hilarimorpha and as intergradus)
Mitchell, T. B. (1943). On the classification of neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 36: 656-671 [663] (Taxonomy, as intergradus)
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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 [13] (Distribution records)
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Rasmussen, C., Garcete-Barrett, B. R. & Gonçalves, R. B. (2009). Curt Schrottky (1874-1937): South American entomology at the beginning of the 20th century (Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera). Zootaxa 2282: 1–50 [20] (Note on type material of Megachile laeta anisitsi)
Schrottky, C. (1913). As especies brazileiras do genero Megachile. Rev. Mus. Paul. 9: 134-223 [169, 172, 173] (Taxonomy, illustration, note, distribution (as anisitsi), original description (translation), note (as laeta))
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [247] (Taxonomy, distribution, as laeta anisitsi)
Schrottky, C. (1920). Himenopteros nuevos o poco conocidos sudamericanos. Rev. Mus. Paul. 12 (2): 179-227 [197] (Synonymy, note (as anisitsi))
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 (Leptorachina) laeta and M. (Leptorachis) anisitsi))
Vachal, J. (1909). Espèces nouvelles ou litigieuses d'Apidae du haut Bassin du Parana et des régions contiguës et délimitation d' une nouvelle sous-famille Diphaglossinae (Hym.). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 28 (1/2): 5-64 [13-14] (Key, description, as flabellata)

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