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Melissocleptis nigrita (Ashmead, 1900)

Sphecodes nigritus Ashmead, 1900:221, ♂. Holotype ♂, St. Vincent; Gonçalves, 2021Gonçalves, R.B. 2021. A revised genus-level classification for the Neotropical groups of the cleptoparasitic bee tribe Sphecodini Schenck (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae). Revista Brasileira de Biología 65 (1):1-10.:5, Holotype (BMNH, 17A.589). - 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); Friese, 1916Friese, H. 1916. Beitrag zur Bienenfauna der Kleinen Antillen und der Bermudas. Zoologische Jahrbücher Suppl. 11:34-40. (distribution); Engel, 2006Engel, M.S. 2006. The Sphecodes of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Acta Zool. Cracov. 49B (1-2):73-78. (distribution); Engel, 2011Engel, M.S. 2011. A new species of Microsphecodes from Jamaica (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). ZooKeys 111:33-40. (distribution); Gibbs, 2016Gibbs, J. 2016. Bees of the family Halictidae Thomson, 1869 from Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 180:1-50. (distribution). - As Melissocleptis nigrita: - Gonçalves, 2021Gonçalves, R.B. 2021. A revised genus-level classification for the Neotropical groups of the cleptoparasitic bee tribe Sphecodini Schenck (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae). Revista Brasileira de Biología 65 (1):1-10. (distribution), 5 (comb. nov.).

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Area distribution map

map of Melissocleptis nigrita (Ashmead, 1900)

Distribution

VCTSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
 (Ashmead, 1900; Friese, 1916; Engel, 2006; Engel, 2011; Gibbs, 2016; Gonçalves, 2021; Gonçalves, 2021)

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.
  • Engel, M.S. 2006. The Sphecodes of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Acta Zool. Cracov. 49B (1-2):73-78.
  • Engel, M.S. 2011. A new species of Microsphecodes from Jamaica (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). ZooKeys 111:33-40.
  • Friese, H. 1916. Beitrag zur Bienenfauna der Kleinen Antillen und der Bermudas. Zoologische Jahrbücher Suppl. 11:34-40.
  • Gibbs, J. 2016. Bees of the family Halictidae Thomson, 1869 from Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 180:1-50.
  • Gonçalves, R.B. 2021. A revised genus-level classification for the Neotropical groups of the cleptoparasitic bee tribe Sphecodini Schenck (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae). Revista Brasileira de Biología 65 (1):1-10.