Global InformationMegalopta information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Halictidae |
| Subfamily: | Halictinae |
| Genus: | Megalopta Smith, 1853 |
Megalopta is a widespread neotropical genus of bees in the tribe Augochlorini in family Halictidae, known as the sweat bees.[1] They are the largest of the five nocturnal genera in Augochlorini. Most have pale integumentary pigmentation, and all have large ocelli, most likely a feature of their nocturnal behavior.[2] They live in tropical Central America and the entirety of South America. The subgenus Noctoraptor is cleptoparasitic.[3] They are not known from the fossil record.[4]
Megalopta was first described by Frederick Smith in 1853.[5] The type species is Megalopta idalia, now known as Megalopta amoena.[5][6] Most studies done on Megalopta are focused on M. genalis.
- ^ Janzen, Daniel H. (1968). "Notes on Nesting and Foraging Behavior of Megalopta (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Costa Rica". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 41 (3): 342–350. ISSN 0022-8567. JSTOR 25083720.
- ^ Engel, Michael S. (2000). "Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 250". hdl:2246/1598.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Engel, M. S. (2006). "A new nocturnal bee of the genus Megalopta, with notes on other Central American species". Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins e V Frankfurt. 31: 37–49.
- ^ WCISLO, WILLIAM T.; ARNESON, LAURA; ROESCH, KARI; GONZALEZ, VICTOR; SMITH, ADAM; FERNÁNDEZ, HERMÓGENES (2004-10-20). "The evolution of nocturnal behaviour in sweat bees, Megalopta genalis and M. ecuadoria (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): an escape from competitors and enemies?". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 83 (3): 377–387. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00399.x. ISSN 0024-4066.
- ^ a b Smith, Frederick (1853). Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British museum... London: Printed by order of the Trustees. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8766.
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