Subgenus Trichurochile Mitchell Editar sección

Cressoniella (Trichurochile) Mitchell 1980: 63. Type species: Megachile thygaterella Schrottky. Original designation and monotypy.

Megachile (Trichurochile) Michener 2000: 566.

The three members of this subgenus range from northern Argentina to central Brazil.

• 1. Megachile (Trichurochile) gracilis Schrottky

Megachile gracilis Schrottky 1902: 435-436. Female. Type locality: Jundiay [=Jundiaí], São Paulo, 28 January 1900 (Beron). Type repository: MZSP. Examined. [Type missing fore tibiae and tarsi, right mid tibia and tarsi and left hind tarsi.]

Megachile (Trichurochile) gracilis : Raw 2002 # 7: 35.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. Ihering 1904: 470 (N); Schrottky 1913a: 138 (K); Silveira et al 2002: 214 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: MG; SP.

NESTING. Nest lined with cut leaves. The cell is 12 mm long and 5 mm wide.

• 2. Megachile (Trichurochile) lachnopyga Moure

Megachile lachnopyga Moure 1941: 94-96. Male. Type locality: Curitiba (900 m), Paraná [Brazil]. Type repository: Claretiano collection.

Megachile lachnopyga var. langei : Moure 1941: 96. Male. Type locality: Rio Baraguí, Curitiba, Paraná (Rodolfo Lange). Type repository: Claretiano collection. Synonymy of Moure 1943: 186.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Silveira et al 2002: 214 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: PR- Curitiba; SP.

• 3. Megachile (Trichurochile) thygaterella Schrottky

Megachile thygaterella Schrottky 1913a: 220-221. Male. Type locality: Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Type repository: MZSP.

Megachile anthidioides Schrottky 1919 (in part). Synonymy of Moure 1943: 186.

Cressoniella (Trichurochile) thygaterella : Mitchell 1980: 63.

Megachile (Trichurochile) thygaterella : Silveira et al 2002: 214 (D).

DISTRIBUTION. BRAZIL: DF- Brasilia (Raw); SP. PARAGUAY: Puerto Bertoni.