1926] 
On the Megachile of South Dakota 
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Paratypes: 1 male, topotypical; 1 female, McHenry, 111. (C. T. 
Brues, Coll.); 1 female, Dallas Tex. (Coll. Mus. Comp. Zool.). 
This belongs to the group of M. deflexa, indianorum and 
mucorosa, those having the simple anterior tarsi and the entire 
carina, from all of which it may be readily separated by the 
abdominal characters. 
