Tribe Megachilini Latreille 1802 (mason bee)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième 1-467
Parent taxon: Megachilinae according to V. H. Gonzalez et al. 2012
See also Engel et al. 2012 and Zeuner and Manning 1976
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Megachile Thaumatosoma
Type: Megachile
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of China (1), the Dominican Republic (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence