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Megachiles (mason bee)
Taxonomy
Megachiles was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Megachile.
It was corrected as Megachilinae by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Brothers (1999), Engel (2001), Engel (2004), Wedmann et al. (2009), Gonzalez et al. (2012), Engel et al. (2012) and Engel (2021).
It was assigned to Apiariae by Latreille (1802); to Apidae by Brothers (1999); and to Megachilidae by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Engel (2001), Engel (2004), Wedmann et al. (2009), Gonzalez et al. (2012), Engel et al. (2012) and Engel (2021).
It was corrected as Megachilinae by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Brothers (1999), Engel (2001), Engel (2004), Wedmann et al. (2009), Gonzalez et al. (2012), Engel et al. (2012) and Engel (2021).
It was assigned to Apiariae by Latreille (1802); to Apidae by Brothers (1999); and to Megachilidae by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Engel (2001), Engel (2004), Wedmann et al. (2009), Gonzalez et al. (2012), Engel et al. (2012) and Engel (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1802 | Megachiles Latreille p. 381 |
| 1976 | Megachilinae Zeuner and Manning p. 178 |
| 1999 | Megachilinae Brothers p. 243 |
| 2001 | Megachilinae Engel |
| 2004 | Megachilinae Engel p. 97 |
| 2009 | Megachilinae Wedmann et al. p. 706 |
| 2012 | Megachilinae Engel et al. |
| 2012 | Megachilinae Gonzalez et al. |
| 2021 | Megachilinae Engel p. 50 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Megachiles Latreille 1802 [mason bee]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available