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(
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, 
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, 
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, 
<figureCitation id="B2FC2A4E1962294176E8FA25FD18FA1B" box="[698,730,1508,1532]" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="16.[212,279,1399,1421]" captionTargetBox="[212,1172,168,1367]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[212,1172,168,1367]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figure 9. Males of Megalopta. (A) Dorsal view of flagellum of M. guimaraesi from Formosa, Brazil; (B) ventral view of sternum 3‒4 of M. amoena from Alenquer, Brazil; (C, E) dorsal view of head; (D, F) Frontal view of head; (C) M. guarani sp. n. from Chapada dos Guimarães, Brazil; (D) M. mapinguari sp. n. from Rio Branco, Brazil; (E) M. xavante sp. n. from Nova Xavantina, Brazil; (F) M. atlantica Santos &amp; Silveira from Ipanema, Brazil. Scale bar 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4004477" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4004477/files/figure.png" pageId="50" pageNumber="625">9E</figureCitation>
, 
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, 
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, 
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)
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Differs from 
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD9196229417538F9A5FE2AF99C" box="[362,488,1636,1659]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="625">M. guarani</emphasis>
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and 
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by medial protruding process of S4 digitiform in lateral view; from 
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, 
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD9196229417749F945FC73F97C" box="[795,945,1668,1691]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="625">M. purpurata</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD91962294177BFF945FB51F97C" box="[1005,1171,1668,1691]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="625">M. mapinguari</emphasis>
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sp. n. by integument mostly reddish brown with metallic green tints on head and mesosoma (
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, 
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).
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD91963294074C2FEEDFECDFEA4" box="[144,271,300,323]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="626">Description</emphasis>
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(1) Mandible simple and lacking supplementary teeth (
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). (2) Labral elevation in central portion, with rounded elevated area in relation to the sides. (2) Clypeus with surface between punctures on basal and central area smooth, the apical macula reddish brown. (4) Central portion of supraclypeal area with sparse punctation, punctures separated by 
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1 pd. (5) Antenna reddish brown (
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). (6) Upper frons flat, not strongly declivous toward sulcus around median ocellus. (7) Ocellocular distance equal to length of F1 (
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). (8) Mesoscutum adjacent to the parapsidial line densely punctured, punctures contiguous, punctation becoming sparser towards the mesoscutal lip (&lt;1 pd). (9) Scutellum with posterior margin raised in relation to anterior margin of metanotum. (10). Metanotum with integument, in oblique view, not hidden by short plumose pilosity. (11) Basal area of metapostnotum reddish brown, its length 0.4× that of metanotum, with smooth surface, without longitudinal rugulosities (
<figureCitation id="B2FC2A4E196329407623FD10FD21FD0E" box="[625,739,721,745]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="8.[212,279,1403,1425]" captionTargetBox="[212,1172,168,1366]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[212,1172,168,1371]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 3. Females of Megalopta. (A, F) Posterolateral view of mesosoma; (B, D) dorsal view of mesoscutum; (C, E) lateral view of mesosoma; (A) M. mura sp. n. from Manaus, Brazil; (B, C) M. guimaraesi Santos &amp; Silveira from Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil; (D, E) M. mura sp. n. from Manaus, Brazil; (F) M. xavante sp. n. (holotype) from Nova Xavantina, Brazil. Scale bar 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4004465" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4004465/files/figure.png" pageId="51" pageNumber="626">Figure 3F</figureCitation>
). (12) Mesepisternum with contiguous punctation. (13) Metepisternum with sparse pilosity, integument visible through pilosity, posterior upper margin unmodified, lacking a velvety process. (14) T1 with dorsal surface of disc sparsely punctured (
<emphasis id="18B3EAD9196329407688FCF0FD25FCAF" box="[730,743,817,840]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="626">≥</emphasis>
1 pd), posterior marginal zone microreticulated between punctures. 
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. (15) Scape with diameter gradually enlarging toward the apex (
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). (16) Flagellum reddish brown, except F2 and F3 lighter than the others (
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); F1–F11 not differing in diameter; F2 about twothirds of F 
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length (
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); F6–F11, in anterior view, with the anterior and posterior margins flat, in posterior view with basal glabrous area at same level of remaining surface. (17) Metanotum with integument, in dorsal view, not hidden by short plumose pilosity (
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). (18) Basal area of metapostnotum reddish brown with metallic green tints; its length about 0.7× that of metanotum; the longitudinal rugulosities slightly impressed centrally (
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). (19) Metepisternum as in the female. (20) 1st and 2nd tarsomeres of foreleg with longest simple setae shorter than summed length of the three apical tarsomeres. (21) S3 with longitudinal sulcus, posterolateral margin notched. (22) S4 with medial protruding process, profile of process digitiform in lateral view; basal portion glabrous; posterolateral margin notched, notched not extended to basal half of sclerite.
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD91963294074C2FA92FEF2FA8D" box="[144,304,1363,1386]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="626">Measurements</emphasis>
</heading>
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<paragraph id="2A7836CB1963294074C2FAB8FCC8FA56" blockId="51.[144,1104,1363,1457]" pageId="51" pageNumber="626">Approximate body length: (10.7–10.7); intertegular distance: (3–3.4); maximum width of head: (2.9–3.3); length of forewing with tegula: (9.5).</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD91963294074C2FA3CFEEEF9F3" box="[144,300,1532,1556]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="626">Type material</emphasis>
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female
</emphasis>
(
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): 
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. 
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: ‘Nova Xavantina 
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.’ 
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male: 
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: ‘ 
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.
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD9196429477486FF69FE9AFF27" box="[212,344,168,192]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">Distribution</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="2A7836CB196429477486FF11FC95FF0F" blockId="52.[212,855,168,232]" box="[212,855,208,232]" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">
<collectingCountry id="52D0765B196429477486FF11FE82FF0F" box="[212,320,208,232]" name="Brazil" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">BRAZIL</collectingCountry>
. 
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: Nova Xavantina (
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).
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD9196429477486FEEFFE8FFEA1" box="[212,333,302,326]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">Etymology</emphasis>
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The specific epithet honours the ‘Xavante’, the name for an ethnic group of natives, used here as a noun in apposition. The Xavantes live in nine indigenous areas which are part of the territory they traditionally occupied for at least 180 years, in eastern 
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. The region where they live has suffered the environmental impact of extensive cattle ranching since the 1960s, an impact which is almost certainly irreversible. From the 1980s the impact has been intensified by the spread of giant grain farms, especially soybeans produced for export (
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).
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD9196429477486FDA4FE2FFD9A" bold="true" box="[212,493,613,637]" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">The sodalis species group</emphasis>
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<heading id="713081A7196429477486FD02FE82FD3D" box="[212,320,707,730]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="52" pageNumber="627" reason="5">
<emphasis id="18B3EAD9196429477486FD02FE82FD3D" box="[212,320,707,730]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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The sodalis species group includes: 
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD9196429477638FD2AFD1FFCE5" box="[618,733,747,770]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">M. cuprea</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD91964294776BCFD2AFC56FCE5" box="[750,916,746,770]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">M. munduruku</emphasis>
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and 
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. Members of this species group can be recognized by having the mid portion of the basal area of the metapostnotum with depressed triangular area with longitudinal rugulosities branching from central rugulosities, or with transverse depression in 
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD9196429477020FC8AFE92FC65" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">M. munduruku</emphasis>
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, and by having the posterior upper margin of the metepisternum unmodified, lacking a velvety process in both sexes. Furthermore, this species group exhibits a large amount of intraspecific variation in the shape of the basal elevation of the labrum and in the basal area of the metapostnotum.
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<taxonomicName id="EDC74D481964294774ACFC2BFEB3FBE6" authorityName="Friese" authorityYear="1911" box="[254,369,1002,1025]" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Megalopta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="627" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cuprea">
<emphasis id="18B3EAD91964294774ACFC2BFEB3FBE6" box="[254,369,1002,1025]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">M. cuprea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in 
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and northern 
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(
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), while 
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD919642947705CFC2BFF3EFBC6" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">M. munduruku</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is found only in northern 
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(
<figureCitation id="B2FC2A4E1964294776B2FBC8FCA0FBC6" box="[736,866,1033,1057]" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="53.[144,211,1560,1582]" captionTargetBox="[144,1104,168,1528]" captionTargetId="figure@53.[144,1104,168,1528]" captionTargetPageId="53" captionText="Figure 16. Distribution records of Megalopta species. (A) M. cuprea Friese; (B) M. munduruku sp. n; (C) M. sodalis Vachal." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4004493" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4004493/files/figure.png" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">Figure 16B</figureCitation>
) and 
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<emphasis id="18B3EAD91964294777F9FBCBFBE0FBC6" box="[939,1058,1033,1057]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="627">M. sodalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is widely distributed (
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).
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