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Megalopta  Smith, 1853
Taxonomic Serial No.: 634183

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyApoidea  – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps  
                                           FamilyHalictidae  – halictid bees, sweat bees  
                                              SubfamilyHalictinae   
                                                 TribeAugochlorini   
                                                    SubtribeAugochlorina   
                                                       GenusMegalopta Smith, 1853  
    Direct Children:  
                                                          Species Megalopta aegis (Vachal, 1904)  
                                                          Species Megalopta aeneicollis Friese, 1926  
                                                          Species Megalopta amoena (Spinola, 1853)  
                                                          Species Megalopta atlantica Santos and Silveira, 2009  
                                                          Species Megalopta atra Engel, 2006  
                                                          Species Megalopta boliviensis Friese, 1926  
                                                          Species Megalopta byroni Engel, Brooks and Yanega, 1997  
                                                          Species Megalopta chaperi (Vachal, 1904)  
                                                          Species Megalopta cuprea Friese, 1911  
                                                          Species Megalopta furunculosa Hinojosa-Díaz and Engel, 2003  
                                                          Species Megalopta genalis Meade-Waldo, 1916  
                                                          Species Megalopta guarani Santos and Melo, 2014  
                                                          Species Megalopta guimaraesi Santos and Silveira, 2009  
                                                          Species Megalopta huaoranii Gonzalez, Griswold and Ayala, 2010  
                                                          Species Megalopta karitiana Santos and Melo, 2014  
                                                          Species Megalopta mapinguari Santos and Melo, 2014  
                                                          Species Megalopta munduruku Santos and Melo, 2014  
                                                          Species Megalopta mura Santos and Melo, 2014  
                                                          Species Megalopta nigriventris Friese, 1926  
                                                          Species Megalopta nitidicollis Friese, 1926  
                                                          Species Megalopta noctifurax Engel, Brooks and Yanega, 1997  
                                                          Species Megalopta notiocleptis Engel, 2011  
                                                          Species Megalopta peruana Friese, 1926  
                                                          Species Megalopta piraha Santos and Melo, 2014  
                                                          Species Megalopta purpurata Smith, 1879  
                                                          Species Megalopta sodalis (Vachal, 1904)  
                                                          Species Megalopta sulciventris Friese, 1926  
                                                          Species Megalopta tacarunensis Cockerell, 1923  
                                                          Species Megalopta tetewana Gonzalez, Griswold and Ayala, 2010  
                                                          Species Megalopta xavante Santos and Melo, 2014  
                                                          Species Megalopta yanomami Santos and Melo, 2014  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John S. Ascher, PhD  
  Notes: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore   
  Reference for: Megalopta    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-57, website (version Draft-57)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 27 February, 2024. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species   
  Reference for: Megalopta   
       
  Source: Hymenoptera Name Server version 0.03 4.x.2002, website (version 0.03)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu:8880/hymenoptera/nomenclator.home_page   
  Reference for: Megalopta   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Michener, Charles D.  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Bees of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 913   
  Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-6133-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Megalopta   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Michener, Charles D.  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Bees of the World, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xvi + 953   
  Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8573-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Megalopta   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Smith, Frederick  
  Publication Date: 1853   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae   
  Page(s): 1-218   
  Publisher: Taylor and Francis   
  Publication Place: London   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23358385   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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