A review of the North and Central American Megachile subgenus Argyropile Mitchell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) Author Gonzalez, Victor H. Author Griswold, Terry L. text Zootaxa 2007 1461 1 14 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.176447 4e0587de-9bf5-4780-a4f1-eb07decf5c74 1175-5326 176447 Megachile ( Argyropile ) parallela Smith Smith 1853 : 191, ♂. Type Locality: Georgia , USA . Type repository: BNHM. Mitchell 1937 : 48 [mandible, genitalia and associated sterna, Pls. V and VI]; 1941: 167 [intersex]; 1943a: 12; 1943b: 661 (Ψ S6, Fig. 18 ); 1962: 159 [♂ genitalia and associated sterna, Fig. 50 , 52 and 55; Fig. 51 , mandible of Ψ and ♂] Fischer 1951 : 49; 1953: 47 [nesting biology] Medler & Lussenhop: 1968 : 26 [nesting biology] Ayala et al. 1997 : 454 [distribution in Mexico ] Yañez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz 2004 : 188 [distribution in Mexico ] facunda Cresson 1872 : 266, ♂. Type locality: Texas, USA . Type repository: ANSP. Cresson 1916 : 118 [ lectotype designation] Hurd 1979 : 2066 [synonymy with parallela ] 6-dentata Robertson 1895 : 125, ♂. Type locality: Illinois, USA . Type repository: INHS. verbesinae Cockerell 1908 : 264, Ψ. Mitchell, 1937 : 57. Type locality: Sonoita, Arizona, USA . Type repository: CAS. Mitchell 1944 : 132 [synonymy with parallela ] parallela rita Mitchell 1937 : 53 , Ψ. Type locality: Mt. Santiago, California, USA . Type repository: USNM. parallela reta Mitchell 1937 : 48 , 1943a: 16; misspelling of parallela rita. asterae Mitchell 1943a : 13 , Ψ. Type locality: Kaibab Forest, Utah, USA . Type repository: CAS. [N. Syn.] tulariana Mitchell 1937 : 53 , Ψ. Type locality: Tulare, California, USA . Type repository: CUIC. [N. Syn.] FIGURES 1–24. Mid tarsomeres of females (1, 2); male mid tibial spur (3); female mandible (4, 5); sternum six of female, ventral and lateral views (6, 7); apical margin of clypeus of females (8, 9); apex of sternum six (close-up of selected area in Fig. 7) in lateral view (10, 11); superior, lateral and inferior views of male mandible (12–20), detail of lacinia of female and male mouthparts (21), and apical margin of clypeus of males (22–24). M. flavihirsuta (28); M. longuisetosa sp. nov. (1, 3, 4, 6-8, 12–14, 21, 22); M. rossi (9, 11, 15–17, 23); M. sabinensis (10, 18–20, 24). Distribution . Southwestern Canada (British Columbia – Saskatchewan), western USA to North Dakota, Indiana, North Carolina and Florida; Mexico and Costa Rica . Floral records. Aplopappus , Agoseris , Asclepias— Asclepiadaceae , Aster , Baccharis , Baileya multiradiata , Boltonia , Brassica geniculata— Brassicaceae , Calycadenia multiglandulosa , Ceanothus— Rhamnaceae , Centaurea melitensis , C. solstitialis , Cephalanthus— Rubiaceae , Chrysanthemum , Chrysothamnus paniculatus , C. nauseosus , C. viscidiflorus , Cirsium , Clarkia williamsonii— Onagraceae , Coreopsis grandiflora , C. lanceolata , C. tinctoria , C. palmata , Corethrogyne , Chilopsis linearis— Bignoniaceae , Dyssodia , Encelia virginensis , E. farinosa , Ericameria parishii , Erigeron pygmaeus , Eriophyllum confertiflorum , Gaillardia pulchella , G. suavis , Gilia— Polemoniaceae , Gossypium— Malvaceae , Grindelia camporum , G. inuloides , G. squamosa , Gutierrezia californica , G. sarothrae , Haplopappus squarrosus , H. vernonioides , Helenium bigelovii , Helianthus annus , H. atrorubens , H. gracilentus , H. nuttallii , H. petiolaris , Heliopsis , Hemizonia lobbii , H. wrightii , Heterotheca grandiflora , H. subaxillaris , Hypericum— Clusiaceae , Lepachys , Lippia cuneifolia— Verbenaceae , Lotus scoparius— Fabaceae , Malacothrix tenuifolia , Medicago sativa— Fabaceae , Melilotus alba— Fabaceae , Nepeta cataria— Lamiaceae , Palafoxia linearis , Phaseolus— Fabaceae , Petaloste-mon— Fabaceae , Ratibida columnaris , R. columnifera pulcherrima , Rudbeckia bicolor , Sapindus drum-mondi— Sapindaceae , Senecio douglasii , S. flaccidus , Solidago , Silphium , Stephanomeria exigua , Verbena stricta— Verbenaceae , Verbesina , Viguiera , Xanthocephalum , Zexmenia , Zinnia . Associated organisms : The mite Trochometridium tribulatum Cross (Acari, Trochometridiidae) has been taken from legs, propodeum and metasoma of females. The same mite species has also been recorded from other ground-nesting bees (P. Klimov, Pers . com).