Apis lanata Fabricius, 1775:385,America; Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:72, Type ♀ (Kiel). - As Chalicodoma lanata: - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution). - As Megachile lanata: - Friese, 1909Friese, H. 1909. Beitrag zur Bienenfauna der Kleinen Antillen und der Bermudas. Zoologische Jahrbücher Suppl. 11 (Erstes Heft):34-40. (distribution); Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. - XLI. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 9 (49):139-149. (distribution); Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. - XLVII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 10 (59):484-494. (distribution); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. 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(distribution), 72 (biology); Genaro, 2004Genaro, J.A. 2004. Las abejas de la isla de la Juventud, Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 34:177-179. (distribution); Pascarella, 2006Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. . (distribution); Genaro, 2007Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254. (distribution); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127. (distribution); Genaro, 2008Genaro, J.A. 2008. Origins, composition and distribution of the bees of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 52:1-16. (distribution); Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Meurgey, 2016Meurgey, F. 2016. Bee species and their associated flowers in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, La Désirade, Marie Galante, St Barthelemy and Martinique) (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Apoidea). Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France (N.S.) 52 (4):209-232. (distribution); Gonzalez et al., 2019Gonzalez, V.H., D.A. Guevara, J. Jaramillo-Silva & R. Ospina 2019. Discovery of Megachile (Pseudomegachile) lanata (Fabricius, 1775) (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) in Colombia, an adventive bee species from the Old World. Check List 15 (1):45-48. (distribution); Meurgey & Dumbardon-Martial, 2019Meurgey, F. & E. Dumbardon-Martial 2019. New records of bees for the French West Indies (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 124 (1):11-18. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution); Meurgey & Ramage, 2020Meurgey, F. & T. Ramage 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786:1-183. (distribution). - As Pseudomegachile lanata: - Guevara et al., 2022Guevara, D.A., R. Ospina-Torres, V.H. Gonzalez 2022. New records of megachilid bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) for Colombia. Revista Peruana de biología 29 (4):1-6. (distribution).
Apis purpurae Christ, 1791:168 - Genaro, 1997Genaro, J.A. 1997. Key to the genus Megachile,Chalicodoma group (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Cuba. Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 44/45:193-198.:196 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:86 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21.:8 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)). - As Apis purpurea: - Raw, 2002Raw, A. 2002. New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71:1-43. (distribution), 31 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:72 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Meurgey, 2016Meurgey, F. 2016. Bee species and their associated flowers in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, La Désirade, Marie Galante, St Barthelemy and Martinique) (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Apoidea). Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France (N.S.) 52 (4):209-232.:219 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)). - As Megachile purpurea: - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2076 ( listed as synonym of Chalicodoma lanata (Fabricius, 1775)).
Megachile proxima Smith, 1870:192, ♂♀.Mainpurí, North-west Provinces of India. - Raw, 2002Raw, A. 2002. New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71:1-43. (distribution), 31 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:72 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:86 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)).
Megachile lanata minhlensis Gribodo, 1884:352, ♀. 2 ♀♀, Isola Maurizio; Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:72, Type (unknown). - Raw, 2002Raw, A. 2002. New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa 71:1-43. (distribution), 31 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:72 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)).
Megachile Martindalei Fox, 1891:345, ♂♀. 4 ♂♀, Kingston; Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:72, Type ♂, not the xf in ANSP (no. 10404) as cited by Cresson 1928:69 (see Moure 1960) (USNM (Fox Collection)); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:86, Type ♂, not the xf in ANSP (no. 10404) as cited by Cresson 1928: 69 (USNM (Fox Collection)); Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21.:8, Holotype ♂ (ANSP). - Fox, 1891Fox, W.J. 1891. On a collection of Hymenoptera made in Jamaica during April, 1891. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 18:337-348. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Friese, 1902Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201. (distribution); Friese, 1909Friese, H. 1909. Beitrag zur Bienenfauna der Kleinen Antillen und der Bermudas. Zoologische Jahrbücher Suppl. 11 (Erstes Heft):34-40. (distribution); Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. - XLI. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 9 (49):139-149.:140 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.:206 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Alayo, 1976Alayo, P.D. 1976. Introducción al estudio de los himenópteros de Cuba. Apoidea. Serie Biológica 68:1- 61.:24 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2076 ( listed as synonym of Chalicodoma lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Genaro, 1997Genaro, J.A. 1997. Key to the genus Megachile,Chalicodoma group (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Cuba. Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 44/45:193-198.:196 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Raw, 2004Raw, A. 2004. Leafcutter and Mason Bees: a biological catalogue of the genus Megachile of the Neotropics. :1-97.:72 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Genaro, 2007Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254.:250 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Raw, 2007Raw, A. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics. Zootaxa 1601:1-127.:86 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21.:8 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)); Meurgey, 2016Meurgey, F. 2016. Bee species and their associated flowers in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, La Désirade, Marie Galante, St Barthelemy and Martinique) (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Apoidea). Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France (N.S.) 52 (4):209-232.:219 ( listed as synonym of Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1775)).