title: [The subgenus Megachile (Dasymegachile) Mitchell with special reference to the Argentine species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)].
abstract: Seventeen species of Megachile (Dasymegachile) are recognized, twelve species from Chile, nine species from Argentina, three from Peru and one from Bolivia. Descriptions, illustrations, and keys for the identification for the Argentinean species are provided. The geographical distributions in Argentina are revised; M. cinerea and M. melanotricha are recorded for the first time from Argentina. Two species are also newly recorded from Chile.
authors.affiliation: División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Univ. Nac. de La Plata, Argentina. sdurante@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
authors.forename: Silvana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durante
authors.forename: Alberto H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Abrahamovich
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lucia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D001516:Bees / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D001838:Bolivia; D002677:Chile; D010568:Peru