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Megachile petulans Cresson, 1878

Megachile mexicana Cresson, 1878:127, ♂♀. 16 ♂♀, Mexico (leg. Sumichrast); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:49, Type ♀ ? (ANSP, 2427); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:57, Type ♀ (ANSP, 2427). - Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Fox, 1893Fox, W.J. 1893. Report on some mexican Hymenoptera, principally from lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 (4):1-25. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); Mitchell, 1930Mitchell, T.B. 1930. A contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical Megachile with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 56 (3):155-305. (distribution); Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VI. Taxonomy of subgenera Argyropile, Leptorachis, Pseudocentron, Acentron and Melanosarus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (1):45-83.:59 ( listed as synonym of Megachile petulans Cresson, 1878); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:163 ( listed as synonym of Megachile petulans Cresson, 1878); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2068 ( listed as synonym of Megachile petulans Cresson, 1878); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:49 ( listed as synonym of Megachile petulans Cresson, 1878); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:57 ( listed as synonym of Megachile petulans Cresson, 1878). - As Megachile mexicanum: - Schwarz, 1934Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24. (distribution).

Megachile petulans Cresson, 1878:127, ♂. 8 ♂♂, North Carolina, Georgia (leg. Morrison); Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VI. Taxonomy of subgenera Argyropile, Leptorachis, Pseudocentron, Acentron and Melanosarus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (1):45-83.:61, Type ♂ (A.N.S.P., no. 2451); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:48, Type ♂, examined (ANSP, 2451); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:57, Type ♂, examined (ANSP, 2451). - Cresson, 1878Cresson, E.T. 1878. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7:61-136. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Robertson, 1897Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7 (14):315-356.:350 ( listed as synonym of Megachile optiva Cresson, 1872); Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VI. Taxonomy of subgenera Argyropile, Leptorachis, Pseudocentron, Acentron and Melanosarus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (1):45-83. (distribution); Michener, 1947Michener, C.D. 1947. Bees of a limited area in southern Mississippi (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). The American Midland Naturalist 38 (2):443-455. (distribution); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Pascarella et al., 1999Pascarella, J.B., Waddington, K.D. & Neal, P.R. 1999. The Bee Fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Everglades National Park, Florida and adjacent areas: Distribution, Phenology, and Biogeography. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72 (1):32-45. (distribution); Vergara & Ayala, 2002Vergara, C.H. & R. Ayala 2002. Diversity, Phenology and Biogeography of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Zapotitlán de las Salinas, Puebla, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75 (1):16-30. (distribution); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97. (distribution); Pascarella, 2006Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. . (distribution); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127. (distribution); Hall & Ascher, 2010Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2010. Surveys of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in natural areas of Alachua County in North-Central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 93 (4):609-629. (distribution); Hall & Ascher, 2011Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2011. Surveys of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in organic farms of Alachua County in north-central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 94 (3):539-552. (distribution); Owens et al., 2018Owens, B.E., L. Allain, E.C. van Gorder, J.L. Bossart & C.E. Carlton 2018. The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Louisiana: An updated, annotated checklist. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (2):272-307. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution). - As Megachile petulan: - Ayala, 1988Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493. (distribution). - As Megachile petulan: - Ayala, 1988Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493. (distribution).

Megachile optive Robertson, 1897:350, Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:57, Type ♂ (unknown). - Mitchell, 1937Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VI. Taxonomy of subgenera Argyropile, Leptorachis, Pseudocentron, Acentron and Melanosarus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (1):45-83.:59 ( listed as synonym of Megachile petulans Cresson, 1878); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:57 ( listed as synonym of Megachile petulans Cresson, 1878).

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Distribution

MEXMexico
(Cresson, 1878 [as Megachile mexicana Cresson, 1878]; Cresson, 1879 [as Megachile mexicana Cresson, 1878]; Fox, 1893 [as Megachile mexicana Cresson, 1878]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Megachile mexicana Cresson, 1878]; Cockerell, 1899 [as Megachile mexicana Cresson, 1878]; Mitchell, 1930 [as Megachile mexicana Cresson, 1878]; Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2004 [as Megachile mexicana Cresson, 1878]; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile mexicana Cresson, 1878]; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022) MEX-BaCMexico - Baja California
(Raw, 2007) MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
(Ayala, 1988) MEX-PueMexico - Puebla
(Vergara & Ayala, 2002 new) MEX-YucMexico - YucatÃ¡n
(Raw, 2007) PANPanama
(Schwarz, 1934 [as Megachile mexicanum Cresson, 1878]; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007) USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962) USA-ARUnited States - Arkansas
(Mitchell, 1937) USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
(Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007) USA-DCUnited States - Washington D.C.
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962) USA-FLUnited States - Florida
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Pascarella et al., 1999; Raw, 2004; Pascarella, 2006; Raw, 2007; Hall & Ascher, 2010; Hall & Ascher, 2011) USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
(Cresson, 1878; Dalla Torre, 1896; Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962) USA-IAUnited States - Iowa
(Mitchell, 1937) USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962) USA-INUnited States - Indiana
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962) USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
(Mitchell, 1937) USA-KYUnited States - Kentucky
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962) USA-LAUnited States - Louisiana
(Mitchell, 1937; Owens et al., 2018) USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962) USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
(Mitchell, 1937) USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
(Mitchell, 1937; Michener, 1947; Mitchell, 1962) USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
(Cresson, 1878; Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962; Raw, 2007) USA-NDUnited States - North Dakota
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007) USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
(Mitchell, 1937; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004) USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Raw, 2004; Pascarella, 2006; Raw, 2007) USA-NYUnited States - New York
(Mitchell, 1962) USA-OHUnited States - Ohio
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962) USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962) USA-SCUnited States - South Carolina
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962) USA-TNUnited States - Tennessee
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962) USA-TXUnited States - Texas
(Mitchell, 1937) USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962) USA-WVUnited States - West Virginia
(Mitchell, 1937; Mitchell, 1962)

Literature

Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493.
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20.
Cresson, E.T. 1878. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7:61-136.
Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232.
Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
Fox, W.J. 1893. Report on some mexican Hymenoptera, principally from lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 (4):1-25.
Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2010. Surveys of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in natural areas of Alachua County in North-Central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 93 (4):609-629.
Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2011. Surveys of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in organic farms of Alachua County in north-central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 94 (3):539-552.
Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.
Michener, C.D. 1947. Bees of a limited area in southern Mississippi (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). The American Midland Naturalist 38 (2):443-455.
Mitchell, T.B. 1930. A contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical Megachile with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 56 (3):155-305.
Mitchell, T.B. 1937. A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic Region. Part VI. Taxonomy of subgenera Argyropile, Leptorachis, Pseudocentron, Acentron and Melanosarus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63 (1):45-83.
Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.
Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77.
Owens, B.E., L. Allain, E.C. van Gorder, J.L. Bossart & C.E. Carlton 2018. The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Louisiana: An updated, annotated checklist. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (2):272-307.
Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. .
Pascarella, J.B., Waddington, K.D. & Neal, P.R. 1999. The Bee Fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Everglades National Park, Florida and adjacent areas: Distribution, Phenology, and Biogeography. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72 (1):32-45.
Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.
Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.
Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7 (14):315-356.
Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24.
Vergara, C.H. & R. Ayala 2002. Diversity, Phenology and Biogeography of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Zapotitlán de las Salinas, Puebla, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75 (1):16-30.

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