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Exomalopsis penelope Cockerell, 1897:161, ♂♀. 7 ♂♂, 1 ♀, San Rafael, Vera Cruz, July 3 (leg. C.H.T. Townsend); Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21.:12, Holotype ♀ (USNM). Synonymized with Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865 by Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:109. - Friese, 1899Friese, H. 1899. Monographie der Bienengattung Exomalopsis, Ptilothrix, Melitoma und Tetrapedia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 14:247-304. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (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); 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); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2116 ( listed as synonym of Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865); Timberlake, 1980Timberlake, P.H. 1980. Review of North American Exomalopsis (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). University of California press, LTD, London, England. 158 pp. (distribution); Maes, 1993Maes, J.-M. 1993. Catalogo de los Apoidea (Hymenoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 26:11-30. ( listed as synonym of Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865); Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21.:12 ( listed as synonym of Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865); Meurgey, 2014Meurgey, F. 2014. About Exomalopsis bartschi Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and other species of the genus from Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France (N.S.) 50 (3-4):291-294.:293 ( listed as synonym of Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865); 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.:215 ( listed as synonym of Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution).
Exomalopsis ogilviei Cockerell, 1938:281, Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21.:12, Holotype ♀ (USNM). Synonymized with Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865 by Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:109. - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2116 ( listed as synonym of Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865); Maes, 1993Maes, J.-M. 1993. Catalogo de los Apoidea (Hymenoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 26:11-30. ( listed as synonym of Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865); Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21.:12 ( listed as synonym of Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865); Meurgey, 2014Meurgey, F. 2014. About Exomalopsis bartschi Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and other species of the genus from Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France (N.S.) 50 (3-4):291-294.:293 ( listed as synonym of Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865); 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.:215 ( listed as synonym of Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865).