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Megachile Latreille, 1802

1256600  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1256600)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Hexapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Insecta (Class)
  6. Hymenoptera (Order)
  7. Megachilidae (Family)
  8. Megachile (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Aporiochile Gonzalez & Engel, 2018 · unaccepted (Treated as valid subgenus)
Austrosarus Raw, 2006 · unaccepted
Chalepochile Gonzalez & Engel, 2018 · unaccepted (Treated as valid subgenus)
Joergensenella Roig-Alsina, 2020 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (proposed as subgenus)

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  1. Species Megachile abdominale Smith, 1853
  2. Species Megachile adelaidae Cockerell, 1910
  3. Species Megachile adusta (King, 1994)
  4. Species Megachile aethiops (Smith, 1853)
  5. Species Megachile alani Cockerell, 1929
  6. Species Megachile albobasalis Smith, 1879
  7. Species Megachile alleynae Rayment, 1935
  8. Species Megachile annae
  9. Species Megachile apicata Smith, 1853
  10. Species Megachile apposita Rayment, 1939
  11. Species Megachile atrella Cockerell, 1906
  12. Species Megachile aurifrons Smith, 1853
  13. Species Megachile austeni Cockerell, 1906
  14. Species Megachile australasiae Dalla Torre, 1896
  15. Species Megachile axillaris Meade-Waldo, 1915
  16. Species Megachile barvonensis Cockerell, 1914
  17. Species Megachile batchelori Cockerell, 1929
  18. Species Megachile beutenmulleri Cockerell, 1907
  19. Species Megachile bicornis (King, 1994)
  20. Species Megachile biroi Friese, 1903
  21. Species Megachile calida Smith, 1879
  22. Species Megachile callura (Cockerell, 1914)
  23. Species Megachile canifrons Smith, 1853
  24. Species Megachile captionis Cockerell, 1914
  25. Species Megachile carteri Cockerell, 1929
  26. Species Megachile castaneipes Friese, 1908
  27. Species Megachile cetera Cockerell, 1912
  28. Species Megachile chrysopyga Smith, 1853
  29. Species Megachile chrysopygopsis Cockerell, 1929
  30. Species Megachile ciliatipes Cockerell, 1921
  31. Species Megachile cincturata Cockerell, 1912
  32. Species Megachile cliffordi Rayment, 1953
  33. Species Megachile clypeata Smith, 1853
  34. Species Megachile conaminis Cockerell, 1926
  35. Species Megachile concinna Smith
  36. Species Megachile cygnorum Cockerell, 1906
  37. Species Megachile darwiniana Cockerell, 1906
  38. Species Megachile deanii Rayment, 1935
  39. Species Megachile derelicta Cockerell, 1913
  40. Species Megachile detersa Cockerell, 1910
  41. Species Megachile dinognatha Cockerell, 1929
  42. Species Megachile doddiana (Cockerell, 1906)
  43. Species Megachile duboulaii (Smith, 1865)
  44. Species Megachile ebenea (King, 1994)
  45. Species Megachile emelaua (King)
  46. Species Megachile emexae (King, 1994)
  47. Species Megachile erythropyga Smith, 1853
  48. Species Megachile eucalypti Cockerell, 1910
  49. Species Megachile fabricator Smith, 1868
  50. Species Megachile ferox Smith, 1879
  51. Species Megachile ferruginea (King & Exley, 1985)
  52. Species Megachile franki (Friese, 1920)
  53. Species Megachile frontalis (Fabricius, 1804)
  54. Species Megachile fultoni Cockerell, 1913
  55. Species Megachile fulvomarginata Cockerell, 1906
  56. Species Megachile fumipennis Smith, 1868
  57. Species Megachile fuscitarsis Cockerell, 1912
  58. Species Megachile gahani Cockerell, 1906
  59. Species Megachile gilbertiella Cockerell, 1910
  60. Species Megachile hackeri Cockerell, 1913
  61. Species Megachile haematogastra Cockerell, 1921
  62. Species Megachile hampsoni Cockerell, 1906
  63. Species Megachile hardyi Cockerell, 1929
  64. Species Megachile heliophila Cockerell, 1913
  65. Species Megachile henrici Cockerell, 1907
  66. Species Megachile heriadiformis Smith, 1853
  67. Species Megachile hilli Cockerell, 1929
  68. Species Megachile horatii Cockerell, 1913
  69. Species Megachile ignescens Cockerell, 1929
  70. Species Megachile ignita Smith, 1853
  71. Species Megachile inflaticauda Cockerell, 1939
  72. Species Megachile kakadui (King, 1994)
  73. Species Megachile kirbiella Rayment, 1953
  74. Species Megachile kirbyana Cockerell, 1906
  75. Species Megachile kununurrensis (King, 1994)
  76. Species Megachile kurandensis Cockerell, 1910
  77. Species Megachile kuschei Cockerell, 1939
  78. Species Megachile latericauda Cockerell, 1921
  79. Species Megachile latimanus Say
  80. Species Megachile leeuwinensis Meade-Waldo, 1915
  81. Species Megachile leucopogon Cockerell, 1929
  82. Species Megachile leucopyga Smith, 1853
  83. Species Megachile lineatipes Cockerell, 1910
  84. Species Megachile longiceps Meade-Waldo, 1915
  85. Species Megachile lucidiventris Smith, 1853
  86. Species Megachile luteiceps Friese, 1911
  87. Species Megachile mackayensis Cockerell, 1910
  88. Species Megachile macleayi Cockerell, 1907
  89. Species Megachile maculariformis Cockerell, 1907
  90. Species Megachile macularis Dalla Torre, 1896
  91. Species Megachile maculosipes (King)
  92. Species Megachile micrerythrura Cockerell, 1910
  93. Species Megachile modesta Smith, 1862
  94. Species Megachile monkmani Rayment, 1935
  95. Species Megachile monstrosa Smith, 1868
  96. Species Megachile mundifica Cockerell, 1921
  97. Species Megachile mystacea (Fabricius, 1775)
  98. Species Megachile mystaceana (Michener, 1962)
  99. Species Megachile nigrovittata Cockerell, 1906
  100. Species Megachile nitidiscutata Friese, 1920
  101. Species Megachile nivescens W.F. Kirby, 1900
  102. Species Megachile oblonga Smith, 1879
  103. Species Megachile obtusa Smith, 1853
  104. Species Megachile oculiformis Rayment, 1956
  105. Species Megachile oppidalis Cockerell, 1926
  106. Species Megachile ordinaria Smith, 1853
  107. Species Megachile paracallida Rayment, 1935
  108. Species Megachile pararhodura Cockerell, 1910
  109. Species Megachile paratasmanica Rayment, 1955
  110. Species Megachile parimaculae King
  111. Species Megachile patera (King, 1994)
  112. Species Megachile phenacopyga Cockerell, 1910
  113. Species Megachile phillipensis Rayment, 1935
  114. Species Megachile pictiventris Smith, 1879
  115. Species Megachile portlandiana Rayment, 1953
  116. Species Megachile preissi Cockerell, 1910
  117. Species Megachile pretiosa Friese, 1909
  118. Species Megachile punctata Smith, 1853
  119. Species Megachile punctatum (Smith)
  120. Species Megachile quinquelineata Cockerell, 1906
  121. Species Megachile ramulipes Cockerell, 1913
  122. Species Megachile recisa Cockerell, 1913
  123. Species Megachile relicta Cockerell, 1913
  124. Species Megachile remeata Cockerell, 1913
  125. Species Megachile remotula Cockerell, 1910
  126. Species Megachile resinifera Meade-Waldo, 1915
  127. Species Megachile revicta Cockerell, 1913
  128. Species Megachile rhodogastra Cockerell, 1910
  129. Species Megachile rhodura Cockerell, 1906
  130. Species Megachile rottnestensis Rayment, 1934
  131. Species Megachile rotundata (Fabricius)
  132. Species Megachile rotundipennis W.F. Kirby, 1900
  133. Species Megachile rowlandi Cockerell, 1930
  134. Species Megachile rufolobata Cockerell, 1913
  135. Species Megachile rufomaculata Rayment, 1935
  136. Species Megachile rufopilosa Friese, 1911
  137. Species Megachile rugosa Smith, 1879
  138. Species Megachile semicandens Cockerell, 1910
  139. Species Megachile semiclara Cockerell, 1929
  140. Species Megachile semiluctuosa Smith, 1853
  141. Species Megachile sequior Cockerell, 1910
  142. Species Megachile sericeicauda Cockerell, 1910
  143. Species Megachile serricauda Cockerell, 1910
  144. Species Megachile sexmaculata Smith, 1868
  145. Species Megachile silvestris Rayment, 1951
  146. Species Megachile simplex Smith, 1853
  147. Species Megachile simpliciformis Cockerell, 1918
  148. Species Megachile speluncarum Meade-Waldo, 1915
  149. Species Megachile subatrella Rayment, 1939
  150. Species Megachile subferox Meade-Waldo, 1915
  151. Species Megachile subremotula Rayment, 1934
  152. Species Megachile subsericeicauda Rayment, 1939
  153. Species Megachile subserricauda Rayment, 1935
  154. Species Megachile suffusipennis Cockerell, 1906
  155. Species Megachile swarbrecki Rayment, 1946
  156. Species Megachile tasmanica Cockerell, 1916
  157. Species Megachile tenuicincta Cockerell, 1929
  158. Species Megachile tosticauda Cockerell, 1912
  159. Species Megachile turneri (Meade-Waldo, 1913)
  160. Species Megachile ustulata Smith, 1862
  161. Species Megachile variabilis (King, 1994)
  162. Species Megachile vestitor Cockerell, 1910
  163. Species Megachile viridinitens Cockerell, 1930
  164. Species Megachile waterhousei Cockerell, 1906
  165. Species Megachile wyndhamensis Rayment, 1935
  166. Species Megachile abdominalis Smith, 1853 accepted as Megachile abdominale Smith, 1853
  167. Species Megachile blackburnii Froggatt, 1893 accepted as Megachile semiluctuosa Smith, 1853
  168. Species Megachile cornifera Radoszkowski, 1874 accepted as Megachile monstrosa Smith, 1868
  169. Species Megachile eriadiformis Meade-Waldo, 1912 accepted as Megachile heriadiformis Smith, 1853
  170. Species Megachile glaberrima Friese, 1911 accepted as Megachile quinquelineata Cockerell, 1906
  171. Species Megachile holura Cockerell, 1912 accepted as Megachile canifrons Smith, 1853
  172. Species Megachile imitata Smith, 1868 accepted as Megachile australasiae Dalla Torre, 1896
  173. Species Megachile lachesis Smith, 1861 accepted as Megachile frontalis (Fabricius, 1804)
  174. Species Megachile latipes Smith, 1853 accepted as Megachile lucidiventris Smith, 1853
  175. Species Megachile maculata Smith, 1853 accepted as Megachile macularis Dalla Torre, 1896
  176. Species Megachile modestus Smith, 1862 accepted as Megachile modesta Smith, 1862
  177. Species Megachile nasuta Smith, 1868 accepted as Megachile canifrons Smith, 1853
  178. Species Megachile oculipes Cockerell, 1910 accepted as Megachile aurifrons Smith, 1853
  179. Species Megachile rufapicata Cockerell, 1929 accepted as Megachile rhodura Cockerell, 1906
  180. Species Megachile secunda Dalla Torre, 1896 accepted as Megachile pictiventris Smith, 1879
  181. Species Megachile senex Smith, 1862 accepted as Megachile pictiventris Smith, 1879
  182. Species Megachile stalkeri Cockerell, 1910 accepted as Megachile semicandens Cockerell, 1910
  183. Species Megachile subabdominalis Rayment, 1935 accepted as Megachile semicandens Cockerell, 1910
  184. Species Megachile tomentella Cockerell, 1906 accepted as Megachile oblonga Smith, 1879
  185. Species Megachile trichognatha Cockerell, 1910 accepted as Megachile oblonga Smith, 1879
  186. Species Megachile trichomarginata Rayment, 1930 accepted as Megachile canifrons Smith, 1853
  187. Species Megachile ustulatiformis Cockerell, 1910 accepted as Megachile mystacea (Fabricius, 1775)
  188. Species Megachile victoriae Cockerell, 1913 accepted as Megachile oblonga Smith, 1879
  189. Species Megachile wilsoni Cockerell, 1929 accepted as Megachile tosticauda Cockerell, 1912
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
H. N. Fourmis, etc.
page(s): 434 [details] 
IRMNG (2021). Megachile Latreille, 1802. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1256600 on 2025-03-28
Date
action
by
2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony

original description H. N. Fourmis, etc.
page(s): 434 [details] 

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source CoL 2006 [details] 

extant flag source SN2000, PaleoDB [details] 

habitat flag source as per family [details] 

original description (of Magachile Latreille, 1802-03 †) Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris. xii + pp. 13–467., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/80064
page(s): 382 [details] 

original description (of Megalochila Schulz, 1906 †) Spolia hymenopterologica
page(s): 64 [details] 

original description (of Aethomegachile Engel & Baker, 2006) Article title: A remarkable new leaf-cutter bee from Thailand - (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). [details] 

original description (of Aethomegachile Engel & Baker, 2006) Beiträge zur Entomologie 56.
page(s): 70 [details] 

original description (of Austrosarus Raw, 2006) Article title: A new subgenus and three new species of leafcutter bees, Megachile (Austrosarus) (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from central Brazil. [details] 

original description (of Austrosarus Raw, 2006) Zootaxa 1228.
page(s): 26 [details] 

original description (of Matangapis Baker & Engel, 2006) American Museum Novitates 3505.
page(s): 2 [details] 

original description (of Matangapis Baker & Engel, 2006) Article title: A new subgenus of Megachile from Borneo with arolia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). [details] 

original description (of Aporiochile Gonzalez & Engel, 2018) Gonzalez, V. H.; Griswold, T.; Engel, M. S. (2018). South American Leaf-Cutter Bees (Genus Megachile) of the Subgenera Rhyssomegachile and Zonomegachile, with Two New Subgenera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 425: 1-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.1206/00030090-425.1.1 [details] 

original description (of Chalepochile Gonzalez & Engel, 2018) Gonzalez, V. H.; Griswold, T.; Engel, M. S. (2018). South American Leaf-Cutter Bees (Genus Megachile) of the Subgenera Rhyssomegachile and Zonomegachile, with Two New Subgenera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 425: 1-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.1206/00030090-425.1.1 [details] 

original description (of Joergensenella Roig-Alsina, 2020) Roig-Alsina, A. (2020). Joergensenella, a new subgenus of Neotropical Megachile (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), with a key to Argentinean Megachile with specialized facial pollen-harvesting hairs. <em>Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales.</em> 22: 21-46., available online at https://doi.org/10.22179/revmacn.22.663
note: as Megachile (Joergensenella) [details] 
Unreviewed
Nomenclatural status available [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Aethomegachile Engel & Baker, 2006)
To BioNames database (from synonym Austrosarus Raw, 2006)
To BioNames database (from synonym Matangapis Baker & Engel, 2006)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Aethomegachile Engel & Baker, 2006)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Matangapis Baker & Engel, 2006)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Austrosarus Raw, 2006)
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