Megachile amputata Bingham, 1897:484
Megachile nigrolateralis Cockerell, 1919:217, ♀. Holotype ♀, Mexico (U.S.N.M., No. 21688, leg. Baker collection); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:82, Type ♀ (USNM, 21688); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:100, Type ♀ (USNM, 21688). - 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.:295 ( listed as synonym of Megachile simplicipes Friese, 1921); Cockerell, 1949Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490.:450 ( listed as synonym of Megachile simplicipes Friese, 1921); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:82 ( listed as synonym of Megachile simplicipes Friese, 1921); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:100 ( listed as synonym of Megachile simplicipes Friese, 1921).
Megachile simplicipes Friese, 1921:93, ♂♀. ♂♂, ♀♀, San José, 1913 (leg. Schmidt); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:82, Type (unknown); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:100, Sex not indicated (unknown). - 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); Cockerell, 1949Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490. (distribution); Ayala, 1988Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493. (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); Sagot et al., 2018Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011. (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).
Megachile atrolateralis Cockerell, 1927:5, no description Replacement name for Megachile amputata Bingham, 1897 by Cockerell, 1927Cockerell, T.D.A. 1927. Some bees, principally from Formosa and China. American Museum Novitates 274:1-16.:5 (not of Smith). - 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.:295 ( listed as synonym of Megachile simplicipes Friese, 1921); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:82 ( listed as synonym of Megachile simplicipes Friese, 1921).