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| - Megachile (Moureapis) Raw 2002 # 7: 23. New name. Pseudocentron (Moureana) Mitchell 1980: 56. Type species: Megachile anthidioides Radozkowsky 1874: 147. [Monotypic]. Pre-occupied by Moureana Zajciw 1967: 527. Type species: Moureana unicolor Zajciw 1967. By original designation. Megachile (Pseudocentron) anthidioides Mitchell 1943b: 664. Megachile (Moureana) Michener et al 1994: 149, Michener 2000: 561. Megachile (Willinkella) anthidioides Laroca et al 1982: 98. Replacement name; pre-occupied. Megachile (Acentrina) Schlindwein 1995: 97 & 98. Acentrina is a nomem nudum corresponding to Moureapis (Silveira et al 2002. 204). The 30 species of the subgenus ranges from Mexico to Argentina. eighteen are known from Brazil. Of the species now included in Moureapis seven previously belonged to the subgenus Pseudocentron and three belonged to Leptorachis.
* 1. Megachile (Moureapis) adempta Cockerell Megachile adempta Cockerell 1931c: 538-539. Female. Type locality: Chichenitza, Yucatán, Mexico (Bequaert). Type repository: MCZ 16266. Examined. Megachile (Moureana) adempta : Ayala et al 1997: 455 (D). Megachile (Moureapis) adempta : Raw 2002 # 7: 23. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cockerell 1932: 13-14 (K). DISTRIBUTION. MEXICO: YU.
* 2. Megachile (Moureapis) agilis Smith Megachile agilis Smith 1879: 73. Male. Type locality: St. Paulo [de Olivença] on the Amazons, Brasil. Type repository: NHML 17a2449. Examined. Megachile (Moureapis) agilis : Raw 2002 # 7: 23. DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: AM.
* 3. Megachile (Moureapis) ampla Mitchell Megachile ampla Mitchell 1930: 212-213. Female. Type locality: Buenavista, Bolivia. Type repository: Meyer. Megachile (Leptorachis) ampla : Mitchell 1943b: 663. Megachile (Moureapis) ampla : Raw 2002 # 7: 23. DISTRIBUTION. BOLIVIA: Buenavista. BRAZIL: AC- Rio Branco valley; RO- Vila Rondônia (MZSP). PERU: LORETO- Putumayo, Mocoa (600m).
* 4. Megachile (Moureapis) angusta Mitchell Megachile angusta Mitchell 1930: 241-242. Male. Type locality: Prieta, Republic of Honduras, 5 April 1924. Type repository: Meyer. Megachile (Moureana) angusta : Ayala et al 1997: 455 (D). Megachile (Moureapis) angusta : Raw 2002 # 7: 23. DISTRIBUTION. HONDURAS. MEXICO: CA; HI.
* 5. Megachile (Moureapis) anthidioides Radoszkowski Megachile anthidioides Radoszkowski 1874: 147. Female. Type locality: Brazil, Amazonia. Type repository: St. Petersburg ? Megachile (Pseudocentron) anthidioides : Mitchell 1943b: 664. Pseudocentron (Moureana) anthidioides : Mitchell 1980: 56. [Type species; monotypic]. Megachile (Willinkella) anthidioides : Laroca et al 1982: 98. (Pre-occupied.) Megachile (Moureapis) anthidioides : Raw 2002 # 7: 23. ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Gerstaecker 1863: 147 (R- F); Schrottky 1902: 437-438 (D, L, R-FM); 1913a: Schrottky 1913a: 142 (K), 180 (D), 246 (D); 1920: 22 (D); Cockerell 1905: 341 (K); Friese 1908a: 63 (K), 64 (D, L); 1911: 265 (R-F); 1916: 298 (D) (misdetermination ?); Jensen-Haarup 1908: 105 (F); Jörgensen 1912a: 124 (D), 133 & 134 (K); 1912b: 310 (D); Alfken 1930: 11 (D); Mitchell 1930: 238 (D); Silveira & Cure 1993: 50 (D); Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D); Viana and Alves Santos 2002: 12 (D). DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA: BA; ER- Paraná, LP- Santa Rosa; ME- Mendoza; MI. BRAZIL: BA- Iguaçú (300 km W Salvador); MG- Barbacena, Ibitopoca; PR; RJ- Itatiaia, RS- Neu Wurtemburg; SC- Blumenau, Nova Teutônia, SP- Alto da Serra, Barbacena, Campinas, Campos de Jordão, Jundiaí, São Paulo, Rincão, Rio Feio, Vila Ema, Vitória de Botucatú. PARAGUAY: Alto Paraná, Puerto Bertoni, Villarrica. COSTA RICA: San José (misdetermination ?). FLOWERS. Senecio. LIFE HISTORY. In Mendoza adults are active November to January. Megachile anthidioides Cockerell 1936: 250. Holmberg 1903: 434. Friese 1906: 31. Strand 1909: 228; 1910: 526. Moure 1944c: 40. None of the above authors mentioned seeing the type of Radoszkowski's species. The discussion on this species is included under M. macularis Dalla Torre.
* 6. Megachile (Moureapis) apicipennis Schrottky Megachile apicipennis Schrottky 1902: 442-443. Female. Type locality: Belém, S. Paulo [state], January 1908 (Bicego). Type repository: MZSP. Mitchell synonymised this name with M. (Sayapis) squalens Haliday. Megachile (Moureapis) apicipennis : Raw 2002 # 7: 23. Megachile (Acentrina) apicipennis : Viana and Alves Santos 2002: 11 (D). Acentrina is a nomem nudum (Silveira et al 2002. 204). Megachile (Willinkella) apicipennis : Viana and Alves Santos 2002: 12 (D). Preoccupied. ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Ihering 1904: 470 (N); Schrottky 1913b: 251 (P); Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D). DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: PR; RS; SP. NESTING. Nested in an earth bank. Cells were 11 mm long and 6.5 mm wide and their walls constructed of very fine clay with a polished finish. MORTALITY. Coelioxys chrysocephala emerged from a cell. C. pirata.
* 7. Megachile (Moureapis) atahualpa Schrottky Megachile nudiventris atahualpa Schrottky 1913a: 156. Female. Type locality: Peru. Type repository: MZSP. Examined. Megachile (Moureapis) atahualpa : Raw 2002 # 7: 24. DISTRIBUTION. PERU.
* 8. Megachile (Moureapis) barbiellinii Moure Megachile barbiellinii Moure 1944a: 17. Female. Type locality: Praia das Cigarras, São Sebastião, SP, Brazil (30.11.1942). Type repository: UFPR. Megachile (Moureapis) barbiellinii : Raw 2002 # 7: 24. DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: SP.
* 9. Megachile (Moureapis) benigna Mitchell Megachile benigna Mitchell 1930: 214-215. Female. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil. Type repository: ANSP 4138. Examined. Megachile (Pseudocentron) benigna : Mitchell 1943b: 663. Megachile (Moureapis) benigna : Raw 2002 # 7: 24. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D). DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MT- Chapada dos Guimarães, SP- Monte Alegre.
* 10. Megachile (Moureapis) continua Mitchell Megachile continua Mitchell 1930: 239-240. Male. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil (H. H. Smith). Type repository: ANSP 4156. Examined. Megachile (Leptorachis) continua : Mitchell 1943b: 663. Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D). Megachile (Moureapis) continua : Raw 2002 # 7: 24. DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MT- Chapada dos Guimarães.
* 11. Megachile (Moureapis) digna Mitchell Megachile digna Mitchell 1930: 240-241. Male. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil (H. H. Smith). Type repository: ANSP 4144. Examined. The type is lacking left antenna, left fore and hind wing, left mid and hind leg and metasoma. Megachile (Moureapis) digna : Raw 2002 # 7: 24. DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MT- Chapada dos Guimarães.
* 12. Megachile (Moureapis) electrum Mitchell Megachile electrum Mitchell 1930: 223-224. Female. Type locality: Villarrica, Paraguay, October 1923. Type repository: Meyer. Megachile (Pseudocentron) electrum : Mitchell 1934: 303. Megachile (Moureapis) electrum : Raw 2002 # 7: 24. DISTRIBUTION. PARAGUAY.
* 13. Megachile (Moureapis) felicis Mitchell Megachile felicis Mitchell 1930: 216-217. Female. Type locality: Tapyta, Paraguay, November 1925. Type repository: Meyer. Megachile (Moureapis) felicis : Raw 2002 # 7: 24. DISTRIBUTION. PARAGUAY.
* 14. Megachile (Moureapis) irritans Smith Megachile irritans Smith 1879: 82. Female. Type locality: Orizaba, Mexico. Type repository: NHML 17a2481. Examined. Megachile (Moureana) irritans : Ayala et al 1997: 455. Megachile (Moureapis) irritans : Raw 2002 # 7: 24. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cockerell 1905: 340. DISTRIBUTION. MEXICO: VC.
* 15. Megachile (Moureapis) macularis Dalla Torre Megachile macularis Dalla Torre 1896: 437. New name for Megachile maculata Smith 1853: 160. Female. Examined. Type locality: Port Natal; Fernando Po. (Not M. maculata Smith 1853: 170-171. Female. Type locality: Western Australia. Type repository: NHML 17a2305. Examined.) Megachile anthidioides Smith 1879: 78-79. Female. Examined. Type locality: Paraná. Type repository: NHML 17a2441. Synonymy of Cockerell 1933a: 373-374. Megachile (Moureapis) maculata : Raw 2002 # 7: 24. DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL.
* 16. Megachile (Moureapis) nigromixta Cockerell Megachile nigromixta Cockerell 1919: 215. Male. Type locality: Mexico (O. F. Baker). Type repository: USNM 21684. Examined. Megachile (Moureana) nigromixta : Ayala et al 1997: 455. Megachile (Moureapis) nigromixta : Raw 2002 # 7: 25. DISTRIBUTION. GUATEMALA. MEXICO: TM.
* 17. Megachile (Moureapis) nigropilosa Schrottky Megachile nigropilosa Schrottky 1902: 435. Female. Type locality: Jundiay, S. Paulo [state], Brazil (Schrottky). Type repository: MZSP. Megachile (Moureapis) nigropilosa : Raw 2002 # 7: 25. Megachile (Acentrina) nigropilosa : Viana and Alves Santos 2002: 11 (D). Acentrina is a nomem nudum (Silveira et al 2002. 204). ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Schrottky 1913a: 143 (K); Sakagami et al 1967: 272 (D, L); Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D). DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: PR; RS; SP- Jundiaí. LIFE HISTORY. Adults fly from January to May in Paraná.
* 18. Megachile (Moureapis) nudiventris Smith Megachile nudiventris Smith 1853: 186. Female. Type locality: Brazil. Type repository: NHML 17a2427. Examined. (Not M. nudiventris Schrottky 1902 [= M. (Melanosarus) nigripennis Spinola].) Megachile jurujubensis Cockerell 1927b: 394. Female. Type locality: Jurujuba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6 January 1920 (E. G. Holt). Type repository: AMNH. Examined. Synonymy of Raw 2002 # 7: 25. Megachile (Moureapis) nudiventris Raw 2002 # 7: 25. Megachile (Pseudocentron) nudiventris : Viana and Alves Santos 2002: 12 (D). ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cockerell 1912d: 54 (K); Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D). DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: PR; RJ; RS.
* 19. Megachile (Moureapis) pampeana Vachal Megachile pampeana Vachal 1908: 238. Female. Type locality: River Parana, Argentina. Type repository: Vachal Collection, MNHN. Megachile (Moureapis) pampeana : Silveira et al 2002: 213. Megachile (Acentrina) pampeana : Viana and Alves Santos 2002: 11 (D). Acentrina is a nomem nudum (Silveira et al 2002. 204). ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Vachal 1909: 13 (K). DISTRIBUTION. Argentina: Rio Parana. BRAZIL: RS.
* 20. Megachile (Moureapis) paraxanthura Cockerell Megachile paraxanthura Cockerell 1914b: 428-429. Male. Type locality: Cordova, Argentina (O. W. Thomas). Type repository: NHML 17a2470. Examined. Megachile (Leptorachis) paraxanthura : Mitchell 1943b: 663. Megachile (Moureapis) paraxanthura : Raw 2002 # 7: 25. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Mitchell 1930: 241 (D). DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA: CD. BRAZIL: DF- Brasilia (Raw); ES- Santa Teresa; MT- Vale dos Sonhos (Raw). PARAGUAY: Villarrica.
* 21. Megachile (Moureapis) pleuralis Vachal Megachile pleuralis Vachal 1908: 237-238. Male and Female. Type locality: Colonia Hansa, Brazil/ Buenos Aires [Argentina]. Type repository: Vachal Collection, MNHN. Megachile (Moureapis) pleuralis : Silveira et al 2002: 213. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Vachal 1909: 5 (K). DISTRIBUTION. Argentina/ Brazil.
* 22. Megachile (Moureapis) prudens Mitchell Megachile prudens Mitchell 1930: 238-239. Male. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, MT], Brazil (H. H. Smith). Type repository: ANSP 4155. Examined. Megachile (Moureapis) prudens : Raw 2002 # 7: 25. DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MT.
* 23. Megachile (Moureapis) pseudopleuralis Schrottky Megachile pseudopleuralis Schrottky 1913a: 190. Female. Type locality: Jaguará, MG, Brazil. Type repository: MZSP. Examined, labelled "HOLOTIPO". Megachile (Moureapis) pseudopleuralis : Raw 2002 # 7: 25. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Silveira et al 2002: 213 (D). DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MG; RS. PARAGUAY: Puerto Bertoni.
* 24. Megachile (Moureapis) pyrrhogastra Cockerell Megachile pyrrhogastra Cockerell 1913: 368-369. Female. Type locality: Guayaquil, Ecuador (Buchwald). Type repository: AMNH. Examined. Megachile (Pseudocentron) pyrrhogastra : Mitchell 1943b: 663; Viana and Alves Santos 2002: 12 (D). Megachile (Moureapis) pyrrhogastra : Raw 2002 # 7: 25. DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MG- Jagura; PR. ECUADOR: Guayaquil.
* 25. Megachile (Moureapis) santaremensis Mitchell Megachile santaremensis Mitchell 1930: 194-195. Female. Type locality: Santarém, Brazil. Type repository: ANSP 4145. Examined. Megachile (Pseudocentron) santaremensis : Mitchell 1943b: 664. Megachile (Moureapis) santaremensis : Raw 2002 # 7: 25. DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: PA -Santarém.
* 26. Megachile (Moureapis) stenodesma Schrottky Megachile stenodesma Schrottky 1913a: 182. Female. Type locality: Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Type repository: IOC. Megachile stenodema Schrottky 1913b: 248 (misspelling). Megachile (Moureapis) stenodesma : Silveira et al 2002: 213. DISTRIBUTION. Paraguay: Puerto Bertoni.
* 27. Megachile (Moureapis) sterilis Mitchell Megachile sterilis Mitchell 1930: 211-212. Female. Type locality: Cordova, Argentina (Davis). Type repository: MCZ 16211. Examined. Megachile (Pseudocentron) sterilis : Mitchell 1943b: 664. Megachile (Moureapis) sterilis : Raw 2002 # 7: 26. DISTRIBUTION. ARGENTINA: CD.
* 28. Megachile (Moureapis) sumichrastii Cresson Megachile sumichrastii Cresson 1878: 129-130. Male. Type locality: Mexico (Sumichrast). Type repository: ANSP 2433. Examined. Megachile (Moureana) sumichrastii : Ayala et al 1997: 455. Megachile (Moureapis) sumichrastii : Raw 2002 # 7: 26. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cresson 1916: 131 (T). DISTRIBUTION. MEXICO.
* 29. Megachile (Moureapis) trepida Mitchell Megachile trepida Mitchell 1930: 213-214. Female. Type locality: Cerro Patron, Rio Frio, Magdalena, Colombia, 4000 ft. 12 November 1927 (Salt). Type repository: NHML 17a2469. Examined. Megachile (Pseudocentron) trepida : Mitchell 1943b: 664. Megachile (Moureapis) trepida : Raw 2002 # 7: 26. DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: RO- Vilhena. COLOMBIA: Magdalena- Cerro Patron (4000 ft), Rio Frio; Santa Marta, Vista Nieve (5000 ft). FLOWERS. Begonia.
* 30. Megachile (Moureapis) viator Mitchell Megachile viator Mitchell 1930: 215-216. Female. Type locality: San José, Costa Rica, 25 June 1903 (J.C. Crawford). Type repository: USNM 43096. Examined. Megachile (Moureapis) viator : Raw 2002 # 7: 26. DISTRIBUTION. COSTA RICA. FLOWERS. Dahlia.
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