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Melissodes trifasciatus Cresson, 1878

Melissodes trifasciata Cresson, 1878:208, ♀. Holotype ♀, Porto Rico (American Entomology Society, leg. Krug); LaBerge, 1956LaBerge, W.E. 1956. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part I. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37 (2):911-1194.:1166, Holotype ♀ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia); Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21.:13, Holotype ♀ (ANSP). - Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Gundlach, 1887Gundlach, J. 1887. Apuntes para la fauna Puerto-Riqueña. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 16 (1):115-199. (distribution); Fox, 1891Fox, W.J. 1891. On a collection of Hymenoptera made in Jamaica during April, 1891. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 18:337-348. (distribution); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (1):63-116. (distribution); Cockerell, 1913Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Names applied to the Eucerine bees of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 43:261-273. (distribution); Crawford, 1915Crawford, J.C. 1915. Descriptions of new Hymenoptera, NO. 9. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 48 (No. 2087):577-587. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution); Wolcott, 1948Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 32 (4):749-975. (distribution); LaBerge, 1956LaBerge, W.E. 1956. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part I. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37 (2):911-1194. (distribution); Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21. (distribution); Gibbs, 2012Gibbs, J. 2012. A new species of Habralictus Moure from Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). ZooKeys 168:1-12. (distribution). - As Eucera trifasciata: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution), 249 (comb. nov.). - As Melissodes trifasciatus: - Meurgey, 2016Meurgey, F. 2016. Bee species and their associated flowers in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, La Désirade, Marie Galante, St Barthelemy and Martinique) (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Apoidea). Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France (N.S.) 52 (4):209-232. (distribution); Meurgey & Ramage, 2020Meurgey, F. & T. Ramage 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786:1-183. (distribution).

Melissodes insularis Crawford, 1914:132, ♂. Holotype ♂, Island of Dominica, West Indies (U.S.N.M., No. 16732, leg. H.W. Foote); Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21.:13, Holotype ♂ (USNM). - Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution); Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21.:13 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes trifasciata Cresson, 1878); Meurgey, 2016Meurgey, F. 2016. Bee species and their associated flowers in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, La Désirade, Marie Galante, St Barthelemy and Martinique) (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Apoidea). Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France (N.S.) 52 (4):209-232.:216 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes trifasciatus Cresson, 1878).

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Area distribution map

map of Melissodes trifasciatus Cresson, 1878

Distribution

DMADominica
(Crawford, 1914 [as Melissodes insularis Crawford, 1914]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes insularis Crawford, 1914]; LaBerge, 1956; Genaro & Franz, 2008; Gibbs, 2012; Meurgey, 2016) GLPGuadeloupe
(Meurgey, 2016; Meurgey & Ramage, 2020) JAMJamaica
(Fox, 1891; Ashmead, 1900; Cockerell, 1906; Meurgey, 2016) PRIPuerto Rico
(Cresson, 1878; Cresson, 1879; Gundlach, 1887; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1906; Cockerell, 1913; Crawford, 1915; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Wolcott, 1948; LaBerge, 1956; Genaro & Franz, 2008; Meurgey, 2016) VIRVirgin Islands (U.S.)
(LaBerge, 1956; Genaro & Franz, 2008; Meurgey, 2016)

Literature

Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367.
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (1):63-116.
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Names applied to the Eucerine bees of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 43:261-273.
Crawford, J.C. 1914. Hymenoptera, superfamilies Apoidea and Chalcidoidea, of the Yale-Dominican expedition of 1913. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47:131-134.
Crawford, J.C. 1915. Descriptions of new Hymenoptera, NO. 9. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 48 (No. 2087):577-587.
Cresson, E.T. 1878. Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 30:181-221.
Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232.
Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
Fox, W.J. 1891. On a collection of Hymenoptera made in Jamaica during April, 1891. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 18:337-348.
Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21.
Gibbs, J. 2012. A new species of Habralictus Moure from Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). ZooKeys 168:1-12.
Gundlach, J. 1887. Apuntes para la fauna Puerto-Riqueña. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 16 (1):115-199.
LaBerge, W.E. 1956. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part I. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37 (2):911-1194.
Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.
Meurgey, F. 2016. Bee species and their associated flowers in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, La Désirade, Marie Galante, St Barthelemy and Martinique) (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Apoidea). Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France (N.S.) 52 (4):209-232.
Meurgey, F. & T. Ramage 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786:1-183.
Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 32 (4):749-975.

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