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Megachile curvipes Smith, 1853

Megachile curvipes Smith, 1853:187, ♂. ♂, Brazil (W. W. Saunders, Esq.); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:63, Type ♂, examined (OUM); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:75, Type ♂, examined (OUM). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19 (2):41-61. (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); Schwarz, 1934Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97. (distribution); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127. (distribution); Imperatriz-Fonseca et al., 2011Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., I. Alves-dos-Santos, P. Souza Santos-Filho, W. Engels, M. Ramalho, W. Wilms, J.B Vicentin Aguilar, C.A. Pinheiro-Machado, D. Araújo Alves & A. Matos Peixoto Kleinert 2011. Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 11 (1a):631-655. (distribution); Gonzalez et al., 2012Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934. (distribution); Silvestre et al., 2014Silvestre, R., M.F. Demétrio, B.M. Trad, F. Varussa & O. Lima 2014. Diversity and distribution of Hymenoptera Aculeata in Midwestern Brazilian dry forests. In: Greer, F.E. (Ed.). Dry Forests. 29-80. (distribution); Oliveira Lima & Silvestre, 2017Oliveira Lima, F.V. de & R. Silvestre 2017. Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia Série Zoologia 107 (supl.):1-14. (distribution).
Megachile fossoris Smith, 1879:75, ♀. ♀, Santarem (British Museum); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:63, Type ♀, examined (NHML, 17a2429); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:75, Type ♀, examined (NHML, 17a2429). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Friese, 1916Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348. (distribution), 297 (taxonomy [ym = curvipes Sm.]); 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); Schwarz, 1934Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24. (distribution); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:63 ( listed as synonym of Megachile curvipes Smith, 1853); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:75 ( listed as synonym of Megachile curvipes Smith, 1853).
Megachile rubricata beroni Schrottky, 1902:437 - Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:75 ( listed as synonym of Megachile curvipes Smith, 1853).
Megachile fossoris leucocentra Schrottky, 1908:236, Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:63, Type ♀ (MZSP); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:75, Type ♀ (MZSP). - 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.:196 ( listed as synonym of Megachile fossoris Smith, 1879); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:63 ( listed as synonym of Megachile curvipes Smith, 1853); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:75 ( listed as synonym of Megachile curvipes Smith, 1853).

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Area distribution map

map of Megachile curvipes Smith, 1853

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
BRABrazil
 (Smith, 1853; Smith, 1879 [as Megachile fossoris Smith, 1879]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Megachile fossoris Smith, 1879]; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1912; Mitchell, 1930; Mitchell, 1930 [as Megachile fossoris Smith, 1879]; Raw, 2004 [as Megachile fossoris Smith, 1879]; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile fossoris Smith, 1879]; Imperatriz-Fonseca et al., 2011; Silvestre et al., 2014; Oliveira Lima & Silvestre, 2017)
COLColombia
 (Mitchell, 1930; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007; Gonzalez et al., 2012)
CRICosta Rica
 (Friese, 1916 [as Megachile fossoris Smith, 1879]; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
PANPanama
 (Schwarz, 1934; Schwarz, 1934 [as Megachile fossoris Smith, 1879]; Michener, 1954; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2007)
PRYParaguay
 (Mitchell, 1930 [as Megachile fossoris Smith, 1879]; Raw, 2004; Raw, 2004 [as Megachile fossoris leucocentra Schrottky, 1908]; Raw, 2007 [as Megachile fossoris leucocentra Schrottky, 1908])

Literature

  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19 (2):41-61.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348.
  • Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934.
  • Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., I. Alves-dos-Santos, P. Souza Santos-Filho, W. Engels, M. Ramalho, W. Wilms, J.B Vicentin Aguilar, C.A. Pinheiro-Machado, D. Araújo Alves & A. Matos Peixoto Kleinert 2011. Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 11 (1a):631-655.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • 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.
  • Oliveira Lima, F.V. de & R. Silvestre 2017. Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia Série Zoologia 107 (supl.):1-14.
  • 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.
  • Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24.
  • Silvestre, R., M.F. Demétrio, B.M. Trad, F. Varussa & O. Lima 2014. Diversity and distribution of Hymenoptera Aculeata in Midwestern Brazilian dry forests. In: Greer, F.E. (Ed.). Dry Forests. 29-80.
  • Smith, F. 1853. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London. 197 pp, 6 pl.
  • Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, 1-240.