Subgenus Cressoniella Mitchell
Megachile subgenus Cressoniella Mitchell 1934: 302 & 307. Type species: Megachile zapoteca Cresson. Original designation.
Megachile subgenus Cressoniella Mitchell 1935: 42.
Cressoniella subgenus Cressoniella Mitchell 1980: 5, 63.
All 20 species included in the subgenus are neotropical, one of which reaches southwestern U.S.A. Some of the Andean species occur at high altitudes.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) antisanellae Cameron
Megachile antisanellae Cameron 1903: 232-233. Male. Type locality: Antisanella [Ecuador] (11000 ft). Type repository: NHML 17a2454. Examined.
Megachile (Cressoniella) antisanellae Raw 2002 #7: 13.
DISTRIBUTION. ECUADOR.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) arcus Mitchell
Megachile (Cressoniella) arcus Mitchell 1930: 286. Male. Type locality: Santa Marta, Colombia, 9 January 1923 (M. A. Carriker). Type repository: NHML 17a2410. Examined.
Megachile (Cressoniella) arcus Mitchell 1934: 302.
DISTRIBUTION. COLOMBIA: Magdalena- Mount San Lorenzo (7000 ft), Santa Marta.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) atramentata Cockerell
Megachile atramentata Cockerell 1917b: 238-239. Female. Type locality: Baia Blanca, Argentina (L. Bruner). Type repository: USNM 22905. Examined.
Megachile (Cressoniella) atramentata Raw 2002 #7: 13.
DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) bidens Friese
Megachile (Cressoniella) bidens. New name. Friese 1911.
Megachile bidentata Smith 1853: 190-191. Male. Type locality: Mexico. Type repository: NHML 17a2416. Examined.
(Not M. (Pseudocentron) bidentata (Fabricius).)
Dalla Torre (1896: 422) listed the species of both Fabricius and Smith but gave no new name.
(Not Megachile (Ptilosarus) bidentis Cockerell 1896: 288-289.)
Megachile bidens Friese 1911: 256 [new name].
Megachile (Cressoniella) bidentata Smith in Ayala et al 1997: 455.
Megachile (Cressoniella) bidens Raw 2002 #7: 13.
DISTRIBUTION. MEXICO.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) bisinua Vachal
Megachile bisinua Vachal 1908: 233-234. Female. Type locality: Balzapampa, Ecuador. Type repository: MNHN. Examined. Type missing flagellum of right antenna, left antenna glued to label, right mandible glued to specimen.
Megachile (Cressoniella) bisinua Raw 2002 #7: 13.
DISTRIBUTION. ECUADOR.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) boliviensis Friese
Megachile boliviensis Friese 1916: 340. Male. Type locality: ? Guayaquil, Bolivia/ Ecuador (Alpengebeit) / San José (Schmidt) [Costa Rica]. Type repository: NHMW 211.
Megachile (Cressoniella) boliviensis Mitchell 1934: 302.
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Friese 1921: 92 (D, R-F). Mitchell 1930: 285 (D).
DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA./ COSTA RICA: San José, San Mateo.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) compta Vachal
Megachile compta Vachal 1908: 233. Female. Type locality: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Type repository: MNHN. Examined.
Megachile (Cressoniella) compta Raw 2002 #7: 13.
DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA: BA.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) ecuadoria Friese
Megachile ecuadoria Friese 1904: 187. Female and male. Type locality: Ona, Ecuador (2000 m)/ Peru/ Bolivia/ Arica, northern Chile. Type repository: ?
Megachile (Cressoniella) ecuadoria Raw 2002 #7: 13.
ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Mitchell 1930: 287 (D, M).
DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA. CHILE: Arica. ECUADOR: Ona (2000 m). PERU: Matucana (7300 ft).
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Megachile (Cressoniella) enceliae Cockerell
Megachile enceliae Cockerell 1926a: 216. Female. Type locality: Tingo [Maria], Peru, 16-22 August 1925 at Encelia canescens (Cockerell). Type repository: AMNH. Examined.
Megachile (Cressoniella) euceliae Mitchell 1943b: 662 [misspelling].
DISTRIBUTION. PERU.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) flammiventris Vachal
Megachile flammiventris Vachal 1908: 225. Female. Type locality: Arica, Chile. Type repository: Vachal collection, MNHN.
Megachile (Cressoniella) flammiventris Raw 2002 #7: 13.
ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cockerell 1926a: 216 (D).
DISTRIBUTION. CHILE: Arica. PERU: Tingo.
FLOWERS. Encelia canescens.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) fortuita Mitchell
Megachile fortuita Mitchell 1930: 287-288. Female. Type locality: Peru, 19 December 1875. Type repository: MCZ 16206. Examined.
Megachile (Cressoniella) fortuita Raw 2002 #7: 13.
DISTRIBUTION. PERU.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) fruticosa Mitchell
Megachile fruticosa Mitchell 1930: 290. Female. Type locality: Colombia (?) (G. F. Baker). Type repository: USNM 43093. Examined.
Megachile (Cressoniella) fruticosa Raw 2002 #7: 13.
DISTRIBUTION. COLOMBIA.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) grandibarbis Pérez
Megachile grandibarbis Pérez 1899: 107-108. Male. Type locality: Chile. Type repository: MNHN.
Megachile rufohirta Friese 1904: 185-186. Sex ? Type locality: Arica, northern Chile (Standinger). Type repository: ? Synonymy of Vachal 1909: 7; Cockerell 1926b: 518 (D).
Megachile (Cressoniella) grandibarbis Mitchell 1943b: 662.
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Cockerell 1926a: 218 (D, R-F); Claude- Joseph 1926: 256-257 (D, N as M. rufohirta).
DISTRIBUTION. CHILE: Arica, Arequipa, Temuco. PERU: Yura.
FLOWERS. Oenothera, Godetia, Marrubium vulgare and Solanum.
NESTING. Nests in old beetle burrows in dead branches and in the soil. There are about four contiguous cells per nest. Cuts leaves of [Noto]fagus dombeyi and [N.] obliqua.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) guachalensis Cameron
Megachile guachalensis Cameron 1903: 233. Female. Type locality: Hacienda Guachala (9217 ft) [Ecuador]. Type repository: NHML 17a2455. Examined.
Megachile (Cressoniella) guachalensis Raw 2002 #7: 13.
DISTRIBUTION. ECUADOR.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) latula Vachal
Megachile latula Vachal 1908: 224. Female. Type locality: Mapirí, Bolivia. Type repository: MNHN. Examined.
Megachile (Cressoniella) latula Raw 2002 #7: 14.
DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) minor Vachal
Megachile minor Vachal 1908: 236. Female. Type locality: Mapirí, Bolivia. Type repository: MNHN. Examined. Type labelled “veterna var. minor”.
Megachile (Cressoniella) minor Raw 2002 #7: 14.
DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) orcina Vachal
Megachile orcina Vachal 1908: 223. Female. Type locality: Mendoza [Argentina]. Type repository: MNHN. Examined.
Megachile (Cressoniella) orcina Raw 2002 #7: 14.
DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) redondensis Mitchell
Megachile redondensis Mitchell 1930: 291-292. Female. Type locality: Mount Redondo, Costa Rica, January 1903. Type repository: ANSP 4132. Examined.
Megachile (Cressoniella) redondensis Mitchell 1934: 302.
DISTRIBUTION. COSTA RICA.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) veterna Vachal
Megachile veterna Vachal 1908: 235-236. Female. Type locality: Peru. Type repository: MNHN. Examined.
Megachile (Cressoniella) veterna Raw 2002 #7: 14.
DISTRIBUTION. PERU.
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Megachile (Cressoniella) zapoteca Cresson
Megachile zapoteca Cresson 1878: 128. Female. Type locality: Mexico (Sumichrast). Type repository: ANSP 2428. Examined.
Megachile tuxtla Cresson 1878: 128. Male. Type locality: Mexico/ San José, Costa Rica ? (Sumichrast). Type repository: ANSP 2429. Synonymy of Mitchell 1934: 302.
Megachile (Cressoniella) zapoteka Mitchell 1934: 302 (misspelling).
Cressoniella (Cressoniella ) zapoteca Mitchell 1980: 63 [figure].
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Cockerell 1912b: 25 (D, R-F); 1919a: 214-215 (R-M as M. tuxtla); 1949: 450 (D). Cresson 1916: 134 (T), 133 (as M. tuxtla). Hurd 1979: 2055 (D, F). Mitchell 1930: 287 (D as M. tuxtla). Mitchell 1935: 42-44 (D, R-FM).
DISTRIBUTION. COSTA RICA: San José. GUATEMALA: Guatemala City; Antigua. HONDURAS: Agua Amarilla. MEXICO: HI; JA; ME; MI; MO; NA; OA; PU; SO; VC; ZA. U.S.A.: AZ.
FLOWERS. Asclepias, Helenium, Lathyrus, Melilotus, Monarda.
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