Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a Biological Catalogue of the Genus Megachile of the Neotropics Anthony Raw
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- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) aegra Mitchell
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) alta Mitchell
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) bicarinis Vachal
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) bodkini Cockerell
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) brethesi Schrottky
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) chichimeca Cresson
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) clara Mitchell
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) coelioxoides Cresson
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) fumata Mitchell
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) paulista Schrottky
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) pedalis Fox
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) perpunctata Cockerell
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) praecipua Mitchell
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) rodriguesi Moure
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) rufobarbata Cockerell
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) stomatura Cockerell
- Megachile ( Neochelynia ) zernyi Alfken
Subgenus Neochelynia SchrottkyNeochelynia Schrottky 1920: 187. Type species: Neochelynia paulista Schrottky 1920. Megachile subgenus Neomegachile Mitchell 1934: 302, 306. Type species: Megachile chichimeca Cresson. Original designation. Michener et al 1994: 149. Synonymy of Michener 2000: 562. Cressoniella subgenus Neomegachile Mitchell 1980: 63. The subgenus includes 17 species. They range from southern U.S.A. to Paraguay.
Megachile aegra Mitchell 1930: 283-284. Male. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil (H. H. Smith). Type repository: ANSP 4137. Examined. Megachile (Neomegachile) aegra Mitchell 1934: 302. Megachile (Neochelynia) aegra Raw 2002 #7: 26. Mitchell 1943b: 662 suggested aegra is the male of chichimeca Cresson, but see Hurd (1979: 2055). ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Hurd 1979: 2055 (D). Michener 1951: 1173 (D). Mitchell 1935: 40-41 (D, R-M). DISTRIBUTION. GUATEMALA: Los Amatos. GUYANA: Georgetown. BRAZIL: MT- Chapada dos Guimarães. The distribution of this species is improbable. U.S.A.: TX- near San Antonio.
Megachile alta Mitchell 1930: 284-285. Female. Type locality: Costa Rica. Type repository: ANSP 4125. Examined. Megachile (Neomegachile) alta Mitchell 1934: 302. Megachile (Neochelynia) alta Raw 2002 #7: 26. DISTRIBUTION. COSTA RICA.
Megachile bicarinis Vachal 1909: 7. Male. Type locality: Pachitea, Peru. Type repository: MNHN. Examined. Megachile (Neochelynia) bicarinis Raw 2002 #7: 26. DISTRIBUTION. PERU: Pachitea.
Megachile bodkini Cockerell 1923a: 452-453. Female. Type locality: Issororo, NWD, British Guiana, Dec 1918 (G. E. Bodkin). Type repository: NHML 17a2461. Examined. Megachile (Neochelynia) bodkini Raw 2002 #7: 26. DISTRIBUTION. TRINIDAD. GUYANA.
Megachile Brethesi Schrottky 1909a: 220. Female. Type locality: Asuncion, Paraguay. Type repository: MZSP ? Megachile atricostifera Strand 1910: 534. Female. Type locality: ? Type repository: ? Synonymy of Schrottky 1913a: 194. Megachile (Neochelynia) brethesi Raw 2002 #7: 27. ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Schrottky 1913a: 145 (K), 194 (D, R-F). RAW. Silveira et al 2002: 213. DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: BA; DF- Brasilia, Planaltina; GO- Goias; MG; PB, RN; SP. PARAGUAY: Asuncion.
Megachile chichimeca Cresson 1878: 130. Female. Type locality: Mexico (Sumichrast). Type repository: ANSP 2434. Examined. Megachile disparipennis W. P. Cockerell 1917: 192. Female. Type locality: Point Isabel, Texas, U.S.A. Type repository: USNM 23133. Synonymy of Mitchell 1935: 39. Megachile (Neomegachile) chichimeca Mitchell 1934: 302. Megachile (Neochelynia) chichimeca Raw 2002 #7: 27. ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Ayala et al 1997: 455 (D). Cockerell 1932: 13 (K). Cresson 1916: 115 (T). Michener 1954: 99-100 (D, F, L). Mitchell 1935: 39- 40 (D, R-F). Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D). DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MT. MEXICO: JA; MI; MO; NA; PU; QR; SI; SO; TA; VC; YU. PANAMA: Canal Zone- Corozal, Juan Mina, Rio Pescado; Old Panamá. U.S.A.: TX. FLOWERS. Cuphea balsamona, Cornuta grandiflora, Elvira biflora, Hibiscus tiliaceus. LIFE HISTORY. In Panamá adults fly January to September.
Megachile clara Mitchell 1930: 281. Male. Type locality: Prieta, Honduras. Type repository: Meyer. Megachile (Neomegachile) clara Ayala et al 1997: 455. Megachile (Neochelynia) clara Raw 2002 #7: 27. DISTRIBUTION. HONDURAS. MEXICO: HI; VC.
Megachile coelioxoides Cresson 1878: 130. Male. Type locality: Mexico (Sumichrast). Type repository: ANSP 2435. Examined. (Not Megachile coelioxoides Schrottky 1909a [=M. (Sayapis) coelioxiformis Schrottky 1910].) Megachile (Neomegachile) coelioxoides Mitchell 1934: 302. Megachile (Sayapis) coelioxoides Mitchell 1943b: 664. Cresson 1878 (not Schrottky 1909a). Megachile (Neochelynia) coelioxoides Raw 2002 #7: 27. ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Ayala et al 1997: 455 (D). Cresson 1916: 115 (T). DISTRIBUTION. MEXICO: JA; NA.
Megachile fumata Mitchell 1930: 293-295. Female. Type locality: Guapiles, Costa Rica. Type repository: ANSP 4131. Examined. Megachile (Neochelynia) fumata Raw 2002 #7: 27. DISTRIBUTION. COSTA RICA.
Megachile (Neochelynia) paulista Schrottky 1920. Female ? Type locality: S. Paulo, Brasil. Type repository: ? Megachile uniformis Mitchell 1928: 349-351. Male. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil, January (H. H. Smith). Type repository: ANSP 4110. Examined. Synonymy of Michener 2000: 562. (Not Megachile uniformis Alfken 1934: 154-155. Egypt.] Megachile (Neomegachile) uniformis Mitchell 1934: 302. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D). DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: BA; GO- Goias; MG; MT- Chapada dos Guimarães; SP. MORPHOLOGY. Intersex female described.
Megachile pedalis Fox 1891: 347. Male. Type locality: Kingston, Jamaica. Type repository: ANSP 10403. Examined. Megachile liguanensis Cockerell 1912c: 486. Female. Type locality: Liguanea Plain, Kingston, Jamaica, Nov-Dec 1911 (Mrs. C. T. Brues). Type repository: AMNH. Examined. Megachile (Neomegachile) pedalis Raw 1984a: 495. Megachile (Neochelynia) pedalis Raw 2002 #7: 27. ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Cresson 1928: 70 (T). Gowdey 1926: 100 (D); 10 (D as M. liguanensis). Raw 1985: 2-13 (D, L, M, F). DISTRIBUTION. JAMAICA. The species occurs on the plains and the coast. FLOWERS. Cassia emarginata, Ipomaea pescaprae, Portulaca sp., Sesuvium portulacastrum, Croton linearis, Bidens pilosa. LIFE HISTORY. Adults fly throughout the year. NESTING. The adults are active for most of the year.
Megachile perpunctata Cockerell 1896: 286-287. Female. Type locality: San Rafael, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 18 March (C. H. T. Townsend). Type repository: USNM 58111. Examined. Megachile (Neomegachile) perpunctata Ayala et al 1997: 455. Megachile (Neochelynia) perpunctata Raw 2002 #7: 27. DISTRIBUTION. MEXICO: VC.
Megachile praecipua Mitchell 1930: 282-283. Female. Type locality: Rio Frio, Magdalena, Colombia, 8 May 1927 (Salt). Type repository: NHML 17a2468. Examined. Megachile (Neochelynia) praecipua Raw 2002 #7: 27. DISTRIBUTION. COLOMBIA: Magdalena.
Megachile rodriguesi Moure 1943: 173. Female. Type locality: Batatais, Estado de São Paulo, November 1941. Type repository: UFPR. Megachile (Neochelynia) rodriguesi Raw 2002 #7: 28. DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: SP- Batatais.
Megachile rufobarbata Cockerell 1936: 250-251. Female. Type locality: Plu Ruimveldt, British Guiana, 19 December 1935 (J. Ogilvie). Type repository: AMNH. Examined. Megachile (Neochelynia) rufobarbata Raw 2002 #7: 28. DISTRIBUTION. GUYANA.
Megachile stomatura Cockerell 1917b: 237-238. Male. Type locality: Trinidad, West Indies, 6 June (Aug. Busck). Type repository: USNM 22903. Examined. Megachile (Neomegachile) stomatura Mitchell 1934: 302. Megachile (Neochelynia) stomatura Raw 2002 #7: 28. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cockerell 1923a: 453, 458 (D, P, R-F). DISTRIBUTION. GUYANA: Berbice. TRINIDAD. NESTING. Disused borings in timber. PREDATION. Coelioxys rostrata.
Megachile zernyi Alfken 1933: 306-307. Female. Type locality: Taperinha (near Santarém), Brazil, 21-31 July (H. Zerny). Type repository: NHMW. Megachile (Neochelynia) zernyi Raw 2002 #7: 28. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D). DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: PA; SP.
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