Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a Biological Catalogue of the Genus Megachile of the Neotropics Anthony Raw



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Subgenus Argyropile Mitchell


Megachile subgenus Argyropile Mitchell 1934: 302, 308. Type species: Megachile parallela Smith 1853. Original designation.

Megachile subgenus Argyropile Mitchell 1937b: 46-47.

Megachiloides subgenus Argyropile Mitchell 1980: 40.

The subgenus comprises eight north American species, two of which reach the neotropics in Mexico. Mitchell (1943a: 16) provided a key to the identification of the females of seven species.




  1. Megachile (Argyropile ) flavihirsuta Mitchell

Megachile flavihirsuta Mitchell 1930: 225-226. Male. Type locality: Guadalajara, Mexico, 14 Sept (McClendon). Type repository: ANSP 4126.

Megachile (Argyropile) flavihirsuta Mitchell 1937b: 46.

DISTRIBUTION. MEXICO: GU; HI; JA; MI; MO; NA; PU; SI; VC; ZA.




  1. Megachile (Argyropile ) parallela Mitchell

Megachile parallela Smith 1853: 191. Male. Type locality: Georgia [U.S.A.]. Type repository: NHML 17a2413.

Megachile (Argyropile) parallela Mitchell 1934: 302.

Megachile facunda Cresson 1872: 266. Male. Type locality: Texas (Belfrage). Type repository: ANSP 2426. Synonymy of Cockerell 1913: 536.

Megachile 6-dentata Robertson 1895: 125. Male. Type locality: Illinois. Synonymy of Cockerell 1913: 536.

Megachile verbesinae Cockerell 1908b: 264-265. Female. Type locality: Rinconada, Upper Rio Grande, New Mexico, 26 September at Verbesina exauriculata (Cockerell). Synonymy of Mitchell 1944: 132.

Megachile (Argyropile) parallela var. rita Mitchell 1937b: 53. Female. Type locality: Mt. Santiago, California, 19 Sept 1926 on Ericameria parishii (P. H. Timberlake). Type repository: USNM 44251. Synonymy of Hurd 1979: 2066.

Megachile (Argyropile) parallela var. reta Mitchell 1943a: 16 (misspelling). Megachile (Argyropile) parallela parallela Mitchell 1962: 159- 161 (D, F, L, R-FM).

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Cockerell 1905: 337 (R-M); 1915: 268 (D, F). W.P. Cockerell 1917: 191 (D). Fischer 1951: 49-50 (N). Graenicher 1930: 162 (D, F). Hurd 1979: 2066 (D, F, N). Mitchell 1928: 333 (M); 1937b: 48-53 (D, F, R-FM); 1941: 167 (D, F, M); 1943a: 12 (D). Parker 1981: 62, 65 (F). Robertson 1926: 378; 1929 (F as M. sexdentata).

DISTRIBUTION. CANADA: BC. MEXICO: CH, CO; DU; HI; JA; MO; NA; OA; PU; SO; VC; ZA. U.S.A.: ND; IN; TX; AR;CA (to 4,000 ft); GA; IO; KA; MO; NC; OK.

FLOWERS. Polylectic; visits 48 genera, including many Compositae. Agoseris, Asclepias, Aster, Baccharis, Boltonia, Brassica geniculata, Calycadenia multiglandulosa, Ceanothus, Centaurea melitensis, C. solstitialis, Cephalanthus, Chrysanthemum, Chrysothamnus, Cirsium, Clarkia williamsonii, Coreopsis grandiflora, C. lanceolata, C. tinctoria, Corethrogyne, Encelia farinosa, Ericameria parishii, Erigeron pygmaeus, Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Gaillardia pulchella, Gilia, Gossypium, Grindelia camporum, Gutierrezia californica, G. sarothrae, Haplopappus squarrosus, H. vernonioides, Helenium bigelovii, Helianthus annuus, H. atrorubens, H. gracilentus, H. nuttallii, H. petiolaris, Heliopsis, Hemizonia lobbii, H. wrightii, Heterotheca grandiflora, H. subaxillaris, Hypericum, Lepachys, Lotus scoparius, Malacothrix tenuifolia, Medicago, Melanthera parvifolia, Melilotus alba, Monarda punctata, Palafoxia linearis, Petalostemon, Phaseolus, Ratibida columnaris, Rudbeckia, Senecio douglasii, Silphium, Stephanomeria exigua, Verbena, Verbesina encelioides, Viquiera, Xanthocephalum, Zexmenia. Also reported as oligolectic on Asterae and Heliantheae.

LIFE HISTORY. Adults fly from June to September.

NESTING. Excavates nest 5 cm deep in ground, but also accepts trapnests. Uses leaf-cuttings and entire leaves and leaflets of Spiraea vanhoutteii and Trifolium repens.

MORPHOLOGY. Intersex.


Subgenus Austromegachile Mitchell


Megachile (Austromegachile) Mitchell 1943b: 666. Type species: Megachile montezuma Cresson 1878. Original designation. Michener et al 1994: 149, Michener 2000: 550.

Cressoniella (Austromegachile) Mitchell 1980: 63.

Holcomegachile Moure 1953: 119. Type species: Megachile giraffa Schrottky 1913a. Original designation. Monotypic.

Megachile (Holcomegachile) Michener et al 1994: 149. Synonymy of Michener 2000: 550.

The 37 species in the subgenus range from Mexico to Argentina. A total of 21 are known from Brazil. One species occurs on St. Vincent (West Indies).




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) abnormis Mitchell

Megachile abnormis Mitchell 1930: 271. Male. Type locality: Tapyta, Paraguay, November 1928. Type repository: Meyer.

Megachile (Austromegachile) abnormis Mitchell 1943b: 667.

DISTRIBUTION. PARAGUAY.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) anomala Schrottky

Megachile anomala Schrottky 1902: 437. Female. Type locality: Jundiahy, S. Paulo [state], 2 February 1900 (M. Beron). Type repository: MZSP.

Megachile campinensis Schrottky 1908: 236. Female. Type locality: Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Type repository: MZSP. Synonymy of Schrottky 1913a: 164.

Megachile minuscula Schrottky 1913a: 219. Male. Type locality: Marumbí (São Paulo ?), Brazil. Type repository: MZSP ? Synonymy of Moure 1941: 91.

Megachile (Austromegachile) anomala anomala Moure 1953: 114-115.

Megachile (Austromegachile) anomala var. oligosticta Moure 1953: 113-114. Female. Type locality: Colopampa (1500 m) or Chulumani (1800 m), Yungas de La Paz, Bolivia. Type repository: Colegio Máximo de San Miguel/ José, Argentina.

Megachile (Austromegachile) anomala var. weyrauchi Moure 1953: 114-115. Type locality: Huacapistana (1800 m), Valle del Chanchamayo (800 m) or Oreja-de-Capelo (1600 m), Peru (Dr. W.K. Weyrauch). Type repository: Collection Weyrauch or UFPR ?

Moure (1953: 114) suggested this is a synonym of M. susurrans Haliday.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Michener 1954: 102 (D, L as M. (Austromegachile) recta). Schrottky 1913a: 139 (K); 1920: 32 (D). MZSP.

DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA. BOLIVIA: Colopampa (1500 m) and Chulumani (1800 m), Yungas de La Paz. BRAZIL: MG; PR; RJ- Itatiaia; SP- Ipiranga, Juquiá. PANAMA: Chiriquí, El Volcan. PARAGUAY. PERU: Huacapistana (1800 m), Oreja-de- Capelo (1600 m). Valle del Chanchamayo (800 m). Schrottky's record (1920: 32) from Manaus should be confirmed.

LIFE HISTORY. Adults fly February to April.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) antiqua Mitchell

Megachile antiqua Mitchell 1930: 270. Male. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil, January (H. H. Smith). Type repository: ANSP 4121. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) antiqua Mitchell 1943b: 667.

Megachile (Austromegachile) antigua Michener 1954: 102 (D, F, L). [Misspelling.] Ayala et al 1997: 455 (D).

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MG; MT; RS; SP. MEXICO: CP; JA; MO; NA. PANAMA: Barro Colorado.

FLOWERS. Cornuta grandiflora.

LIFE HISTORY. Adults fly in February & March.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) constructrix Smith

Megachile constructrix Smith 1879: 77-78. Female. Type locality: Villa Nova [Brazil]. Type repository: NHML 17a2447. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) constructrix Raw 2002 #7: 4.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Alfken 1930: 11 (D). Cockerell 1905: 341 (D, K). Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Beni. BRAZIL: AM- Taracuá; PA.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) corona Mitchell

Megachile corona Mitchell 1930: 274-275. Female. Type locality: Buenavista, Bolivia. Type repository: Meyer.

Megachile (Austromegachile) corona Mitchell 1943b: 667.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA. BRAZIL: MG, SP.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) donata Mitchell

Megachile donata Mitchell 1930: 269. Male. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil, January (H. H. Smith). Type repository: ANSP 4129. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) donata Mitchell 1943b: 667.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MT.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) exaltata Smith

Megachile exaltata Smith 1853: 185-186. Male. Type locality: Rio Tapajoz, Brazil (H. W. Bates). Type repository: NHML 17a2458. Examined.

Megachile (Holcomegachile) exaltata Ayala et al 1997: 455 (D).

Megachile (Austromegachile) exaltata Raw 2002 #7: 4.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: PA. MEXICO: JA.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) facialis Vachal

Megachile facialis Vachal 1908: 239-240. Female. Type locality: R. Mixiollo (1200 m), Huallaga, Peru. Type repository: MNHN. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) facialis Raw 2002 #7: 4.

DISTRIBUTION. PERU: Huallaga.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) fiebrigi Schrottky

Megachile fiebrigi Schrottky 1908: 234. Female. Type locality: São Paulo, Brazil. Type repository: MZSP.

Megachile planiceps Friese 1909a: 237. Female. Type locality: S. Bernadino, Paraguay, 7 April (Fiebrig). Type repository: MNHU. Synonymy of Schrottky 1913a: 154.

Megachile (Austromegachile) fiebrigi Mitchell 1943b: 667.

Megachile tergina Vachal 1908: 223 (December). Female. Type locality: Huallaga, Peru. Type repository: MNHN. Examined. Synonymy of Raw 2002: #7: 4.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Mitchell 1930: 273 (D). Moure 1942: 311 (D). Schrottky 1913a: 137 (K), 154-155 (D). RAW collection. Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA (northern parts). BRAZIL: AM; DF- Planaltina; MG; MS; MT- Chapada dos Guimarães, Salobra; RS; SP. PARAGUAY: Asunción, San Bernardino. Schrottky's record (1920: 32) from Manaus should be confirmed.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) futilis Mitchell

Megachile futilis Mitchell 1930: 254-255. Male. Type locality: Tapyta, Bolivia. Type repository: Meyer.

Megachile (Austromegachile) futilis Raw 2002 #7: 5.

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Tapyta.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) giraffa Schrottky

Megachile giraffa Schrottky 1913a: 218. Male. Type locality: Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Type repository: MZSP ?

Megachile anodonta Cockerell 1927a: 18. Male. Type locality: Reyes, Bolivia, October (W. M. Mann). Type repository: USNM 29084. Synonymy of Moure 1953: 120.

Megachile (Holcomegachile) giraffa Moure 1953: 120 (D).

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Cockerell 1927a: 13 (K as M. anodonta); Mitchell 1930: 263 (D as M. anodonta); Moure 1942: 312 (D); 1953: 120 (D). Posey 1983: 156 (D). Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BELIZE: Benque Viejo. BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz de la Sierra. BRAZIL: AC- Iquirí; MG; MS; MT- Bodoquena, Salobra: PA- Gorotire. HONDURAS. PARAGUAY.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) habilis Mitchell

Megachile habilis Mitchell 1930: 278-279. Female. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil, January (H. H. Smith). Type repository: ANSP 4122. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) habilis Mitchell 1943b: 667.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Ayala et al 1997: 455 (D). Michener 1954: 102 (D, L). Moure 1942: 311 (D); 1953: 117 (D). Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Buena Vista. BRAZIL: MG; MS; MT- Chapada dos Guimarães. COLOMBIA: Santa Marta, Mount San Lorenzo (2500 ft). MEXICO. PANAMA: Chorrera. PERU: Valle Chanchamayo (800 m).

LIFE HISTORY. Adults fly in May.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) ignava Mitchell

Megachile ignava Mitchell 1930: 279-280. Female. Type locality: Buenavista, Bolivia. Type repository: Meyer.

Megachile (Austromegachile) ignava Moure 1953: 117 (D, R-FM).

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. MZSP

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Buenavista. BRAZIL: AM- Içana, São Gabriel; RO- Vila Rondônia.

LIFE HISTORY. Adults fly January and February.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) incongrua Smith

Megachile incongrua Smith 1879: 78. Female. Type locality: Tunantins [Amazonas, Brazil]. Type repository: NHML 17a2501. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) incongrua Raw 2002 #7: 5.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: AM; PA.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) insolens Mitchell

Megachile insolens Mitchell 1930: 275-276. Female. Type locality: British Guiana, 28 April 1901 (Crew). Type repository: USNM 43094. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) insolens Raw 2002 #7: 5.

DISTRIBUTION. GUYANA.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) laevinasis Vachal

Megachile laevinasis Vachal 1904: 13. Female. Type locality: Tucuman [Argentina]. Type repository: MNHN. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) laevinasis Raw 2002 #7: 5.

DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA: TU.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) lamnula Vachal

Megachile lamnula Vachal 1908: 227. Male. Type locality: Brésil (probablement provenant de Goyaz). Type repository: Vachal Collection, MNHN.

Megachile (Austromegachile) lamnula Mitchell 1943b: 667.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Schrottky 1913a: 218 (D); 1920: 29 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: GO; SP- Alto da Serra. PARAGUAY.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) lenticula Vachal

Megachile lenticula Vachal 1908: 244. Male. Type locality: Mapirí, Bolivia. Type repository: Vachal Collection, MNHN.

Megachile (Austromegachile) lenticula Mitchell 1943b: 667.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Cockerell 1912d: 54 (R-F, K); 1919: 218 (D); 1927a: 17 (D, K, R-M). Michener 1954: 102 (D, L). Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Beni; Mapirí; Riberalta, Cavinas. BRAZIL: RO- Porto Velho; RS. PANAMA: Barro Colorado. PERU: Palacazu.

LIFE HISTORY. Adults fly in March.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) limata Vachal

Megachile limata Vachal 1908: 226. Female. Type locality: Cayenne [Guyane Française]. Type repository: MNHN. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) limata Raw 2002 #7: 5.

DISTRIBUTION. Guyane Française: Cayenne.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) melanopoda Cockerell

Megachile melanopoda Cockerell 1923a: 456-457. Male. Type locality: Issororo, N.W.D. British Guiana, 15 June 1915 (Bodkin). Type repository: ?

Megachile (Austromegachile) melanopoda Raw 2002 #7: 5.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Mitchell 1930: 263 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MT- Chapada dos Guimarães. GUYANA.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) minima Ashmead

Megachile minima Ashmead 1900: 214. Male. Type locality: St. Vincent [West Indies]. Type repository: NHML 17a2494. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) minima Raw 2002 #7: 5.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Friese 1908b: 38 [female and male].

DISTRIBUTION. ST. VINCENT.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) montezuma Cresson

Megachile montezuma Cresson 1878: 129. Male. Type locality: Mexico (Sumichrast). Type repository: ANSP 2431. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) montezuma Mitchell 1943b: 667.

Moure 1953: 114 suggested this species may be a synonym of Megachile (Austromegachile) susurrans Haliday.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Ayala et al 1997: 455 (D). Cockerell 1912b: 26 (D, F); 1932: 14 (K). Cresson 1916: 124 (T). Mitchell 1930: 280 (D) (Misdetermination ?). Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA. BRAZIL: MT; SP. GUATEMALA: Quirigua. MEXICO: CP; JA; NA; SI. PARAGUAY.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) orbiculata Mitchell

Megachile orbiculata Mitchell 1930: 273-274. Female. Type locality: Buenavista, Bolivia. Type repository: Meyer.

Megachile (Austromegachile) orbiculata Mitchell 1943b: 667.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Michener 1954: 102 (D, F, L). Moure 1953: 117 (D). Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Buenavista; Chaparé. BRAZIL: AC; BA; MT- Chapada dos Guimarães; PA- Obidos; RO- Vila Rondônia. PANAMA: Old Panamá.

FLOWERS. Hibiscus tiliaceus.

LIFE HISTORY. Adults fly in April.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) paraensis Mocsary

Megachile paraensis Mocsary 1887: 19. New name.

Megachile vigilans Smith 1879: 77. Female. Type locality: Pará [Brazil]. Type repository: NHML 17a2428. Examined.

(Not Megachile vigilans Smith 1878: 5. Female. Type locality: As. Turcestania.)



Megachile (Austromegachile) paraensis Raw 2002 #7: 5.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Schrottky 1913a: 218 (D, R-F).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: PA.



  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) philinca Cockerell

Megachile philinca Cockerell 1912a: 176. Female. Type locality: Piura, Peru, February 1911 from nest (C. H. T. Townsend). Type repository: AMNH. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) philinca Raw 2002 #7: 5.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Mitchell 1930: 263 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. ECUADOR: Guayaquil. PERU: Piura.

NESTING. Lines cells with cut leaves.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) recta Mitchell

Megachile recta Mitchell 1930: 277-278. Female. Type locality: Buenavista, Bolivia. Type repository: Meyer.

Megachile (Austromegachile) recta Mitchell 1943b: 667.

Moure 1953: 113 placed Megachile recta in synonymy, considering it a dark form of M. anomala.



Megachile (Austromegachile) recta. Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Buenavista.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) rubicunda Smith

Megachile rubicunda Smith 1879: 73-74. Male. Type locality: St. Paulo [de Olivença], on the Amazons [Brazil]. Type repository: NHML 17a2450. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) rubicunda Raw 2002 #7: 5.

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: AM.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) sejuncta Cockerell

Megachile sejuncta Cockerell 1927a: 20-21. Male. Type locality: Cavinas, Beni, Bolivia, January (W.M. Mann). Type repository: USNM 29091. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) sejuncta Raw 2002 #7: 5.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cockerell 1927a: 13 (K).

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Beni.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) semota Cockerell

Megachile semota Cockerell 1927a: 22. Male. Type locality: Huachi, Beni, Bolivia, September (W. M. Mann). Type repository: MCZ 25439. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) semota Mitchell 1943b: 667.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Cockerell 1927a: 13 (K). Mitchell 1930: 263 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Beni; Mapirí. BRAZIL: MS- Pedra Branca; MT- Chapada dos Guimarães; PA- Santarém.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) subpallens Vachal

Megachile subpallens Vachal 1908: 230-231. Female. Type locality: Pachitea, Peru. Type repository: MNHN. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) subpallens Raw 2002 #7: 6.

DISTRIBUTION. PERU: Pachitea.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) susurrans Haliday

Megachile susurrans Haliday 1836: 320. Female. Type locality: São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Type repository: NHML 17a2476. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) susurrans Moure 1953: 114. (Synonymies with M. montezuma Cresson and M. anomala Schrottky are suggested.)

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Cruz Landim 1967: 204 (M). Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: BA; MG; RS; SP.

MORPHOLOGY. Thoracic salivary glands are described.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) tepaneca Cresson

Megachile tepaneca Cresson 1878: 128-129. Female. Type locality: Mexico (Sumichrast). Type repository: ANSP 2430. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) tepaneca Ayala et al 1997: 455 (D).

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cresson 1916: 131 (T).

DISTRIBUTION. MEXICO: JA; NA.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) trichrootricha Moure

Megachile (Austromegachile) trichrootricha Moure 1953: 115-116. Female and male described. Type locality: Lima, Peru, January 1949 (P. Aguilar). Type repository: UFPR.

DISTRIBUTION. PERU: Lima.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) tricosa Cockerell

Megachile tricosa Cockerell 1927a: 21. Male. Type locality: Tumupasa, Bolivia, December (W.M. Mann). Type repository: USNM 29092. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) tricosa Raw 2002 #7: 6.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cockerell 1927a: 13 (K).

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Tumapusa.


  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) trigonaspis Schrottky

Megachile trigonaspis Schrottky 1913a: 191-192. Female. Type locality: Rincão, SP, Brazil. Type repository: MZSP. Examined.

Megachile certa Mitchell 1930: 272. Male. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MS], Brazil, January (H. H. Smith). Type repository: ANSP 4120. Synonymy of Moure 1953: 116-117 (D).

Megachile egressa Mitchell 1930: 276-277. Female. Type locality: Tapyta, Paraguay. Type repository: Meyer. Synonymy of Moure 1942: 311.

Megachile (Austromegachile) trigonaspis Mitchell 1943b: 667.

Megachile (Austromegachile) certa Mitchell 1943b: 667.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Graf 1967b: 131-133 (M); Michener 1954: 104 (D, L) as M. certa. Moure 1941: 96-98 (D, R- F); 1942: 311 (D). MZSP. Silveira et al 2002: 212 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA. BOLIVIA: Buenavista. BRAZIL: GO- Jataí; MG- Camisão; MS; MT- Chapada dos Guimarães, Salobra; PR- Curitiba; SC- Nova Teutonia; SP- Rincão, Rio Claro. PANAMA: Valle de Anton. PARAGUAY: Abai, Tapyta. PERU: Valle Chanchamayo (800 m).

LIFE HISTORY. Adults fly January to April.

NESTING. Cells lined with leaf pieces.

MORPHOLOGY. Anatomy of head glands.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) turbulenta Mitchell

Megachile turbulenta Mitchell 1930: 255-256. Male. Type locality: Buenavista, Bolivia. Type repository: Meyer.

Megachile (Austromegachile) turbulenta Mitchell 1943b: 667.

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA.




  1. Megachile (Austromegachile) xantholeuca Cockerell

Megachile xantholeuca Cockerell 1927a: 14. Intersex [not female]. Type locality: Cavinas, Rio Beni, Bolivia, January (W. M. Mann). Type repository: USNM 29054. Examined.

Megachile (Austromegachile) xantholeuca Raw 2002 #7: 6.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cockerell 1927a: 12 (K).

DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Beni.



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