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Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878

Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878:211, ♂♀. 12 ♂♀, Mexico (American Entomology Society, leg. Sumichrast); 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.:1134, Lectotype ♀ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia). - 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); 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 32:63-116. (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); 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); 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); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557. (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. (distribution); Ayala, 1988Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493. (distribution); Estrada de Léon & Ayala Barajas, 1995Estrada de Léon, M. & R. Ayala Barajas 1995. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Sierra del Tigre, Jalisco. Apicultura Moderna 7:12-24. (distribution); Vergara & Ayala, 2002Vergara, C.H. & R. Ayala 2002. Diversity, Phenology and Biogeography of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Zapotitlán de las Salinas, Puebla, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75 (1):16-30. (distribution); Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197. (distribution); Pascarella, 2006Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. . (distribution); Hall & Ascher, 2010Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2010. Surveys of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in natural areas of Alachua County in North-Central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 93 (4):609-629. (distribution); Hall & Ascher, 2011Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2011. Surveys of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in organic farms of Alachua County in north-central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 94 (3):539-552. (distribution); Ngo et al., 2013Ngo, H.T., J. Gibbs, T. Griswold & L. Packer 2013. Evaluating bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) diversity using Malaise traps in coffee landscapes of Costa Rica. The Canadian Entomologist 145:435-453. (distribution); Owens et al., 2018Owens, B.E., L. Allain, E.C. van Gorder, J.L. Bossart & C.E. Carlton 2018. The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Louisiana: An updated, annotated checklist. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (2):272-307. (distribution); 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). - As Eucera tepaneca: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution), 248 (comb. nov.).
Melissodes petalostemonis Robertson, 1900:53, ♀. 9 ♀♀, Carlinville, Illinois, Lectotype ♀, Carlinville, Illinois, August 19, 1898 (Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, No. 21418, leg. Charles A. Robertson), designated by 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.:1135. Synonymized with Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878 by 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.:1130. - Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:63-116. (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); 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); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:273 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878); 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.:2141 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878).
Melissodes galvestonensis Cockerell, 1905:181, ♂♀.Galveston, Texas, May (leg. F.H. Snow), Lectotype ♀, Galveston, Texas, May (Snow Entomological Museum at the University of Kansas, leg. F.H. Snow), designated by 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.:1135. Synonymized with Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878 by 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.:1130. - Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:63-116. (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); 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); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:273 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878); 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.:2141 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878).
Melissodes bruesi Cockerell, 1906:110, ♀. Holotype ♀, Fedor, Texas, May 5, 1902 (leg. Birkmann); 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.:1135, Holotype ♀ (California Academy of Sciences). Synonymized with Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878 by 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.:1130. - 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); 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); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:273 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878); 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.:2142 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878).
Melissodes loena Cockerell, 1909:148, 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.:1135, Holotype ♂ (California Academy of Sciences). Synonymized with Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878 by 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.:1130. - 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); 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.:2142 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878).
Melissodes masuca Cockerell, 1909:148, 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.:1135, Holotype ♂ (University of Colorado Museum). Synonymized with Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878 by 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.:1130. - 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); 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); Cockerell, 1923Cockerell, T.D.A. 1923. Some bees from Victoria, Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 63 (Art. 8):1-5. (distribution); Cockerell, 1932Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard expeditions of 1929-1930. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:9-17. (distribution); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:273 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878); 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.:2142 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878).
Melissodes tepaneca aschenborniana Cockerell, 1912:28, ♂. 2 ♂♂, Gualan, Guatemala (leg. W.P. Cockerell); 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.:1135, Holotype ♂ (American Museum of Natural History). Synonymized with Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878 by 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.:1130. - 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); 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); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:273 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878); 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.:2142 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878).
Melissodes tepaneca panamensis Cockerell, 1928:174, ♂♀. Holotype ♀, Cristobal, Aug. 10 (leg. Nathan Banks). - Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:273 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878).
Melissodes aurescens Cockerell, 1949:462, ♂♀. Holotype ♀, Honduras: Zamorano, January 14, 1947 (U.S.N.M., No. 58541, leg. W. P. Cockerell); 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.:1135, Holotype ♀ (U.S. National Museum). - Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:132 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca panamensis Cockerell, 1928); 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.:1130 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:273 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878).

FotoID: 8556
Species: Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: USA, South Carolina

FotoID: 8555
Species: Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: USA, South Carolina

FotoID: 8554
Species: Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: USA, South Carolina

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Area distribution map

map of Melissodes tepaneca     Cresson, 1878

Distribution

CRICosta Rica
(LaBerge, 1956; Ngo et al., 2013)
GTMGuatemala
(Cockerell, 1912 [as Melissodes tepaneca aschenborniana Cockerell, 1912]; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes tepaneca aschenborniana Cockerell, 1912]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes tepaneca aschenborniana Cockerell, 1912]; LaBerge, 1956)
HNDHonduras
(Cockerell, 1949 [as Melissodes aurescens Cockerell, 1949])
MEXMexico
(Cresson, 1878; Cresson, 1879; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1899; Cockerell, 1906; Cockerell, 1913; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; LaBerge, 1956; Krombein et al., 1979; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-CamMexico - Campeche
(Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-ChiMexico - Chihuahua
(Cockerell, 1923 [as Melissodes masuca Cockerell, 1909])
MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
(Ayala, 1988; Estrada de Léon & Ayala Barajas, 1995)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
(Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-PueMexico - Puebla
(Vergara & Ayala, 2002)
MEX-TamMexico - Tamaulipas
(Cockerell, 1923 [as Melissodes masuca Cockerell, 1909])
MEX-YucMexico - Yucatán
(Cockerell, 1932 [as Melissodes masuca Cockerell, 1909])
PANPanama
(Cockerell, 1928 [as Melissodes tepaneca panamensis Cockerell, 1928]; Michener, 1954 [as Melissodes tepaneca panamensis Cockerell, 1928]; LaBerge, 1956; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
(LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
(Cockerell, 1923 [as Melissodes masuca Cockerell, 1909])
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
(LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962; Pascarella, 2006; Hall & Ascher, 2010; Hall & Ascher, 2011)
USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
(LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
(Cockerell, 1906 [as Melissodes petalostemonis Robertson, 1900]; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes petalostemonis Robertson, 1900]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes petalostemonis Robertson, 1900]; LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
(LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-LAUnited States - Louisiana
(LaBerge, 1956; Owens et al., 2018)
USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
(Mitchell, 1962)
USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
(LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
(Cockerell, 1923 [as Melissodes masuca Cockerell, 1909])
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
(Cockerell, 1905 [as Melissodes galvestonensis Cockerell, 1905]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Melissodes bruesi Cockerell, 1906]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Melissodes galvestonensis Cockerell, 1905]; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes galvestonensis Cockerell, 1905]; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes bruesi Cockerell, 1906]; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes loena Cockerell, 1909]; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes masuca Cockerell, 1909]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes galvestonensis Cockerell, 1905]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes bruesi Cockerell, 1906]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes loena Cockerell, 1909]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes masuca Cockerell, 1909]; LaBerge, 1956; Krombein et al., 1979)

Literature

  • Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. New american bees. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 18:177-184.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:63-116.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. - XLV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8 (10):21-31.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Names applied to the Eucerine bees of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 43:261-273.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1923. Some bees from Victoria, Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 63 (Art. 8):1-5.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1928. Bees collected by Nathan Banks in the vicinity of the Panama Canal. Psyche 35:173-181.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard expeditions of 1929-1930. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:9-17.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490.
  • 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.
  • Estrada de Léon, M. & R. Ayala Barajas 1995. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Sierra del Tigre, Jalisco. Apicultura Moderna 7:12-24.
  • Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2010. Surveys of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in natural areas of Alachua County in North-Central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 93 (4):609-629.
  • Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2011. Surveys of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in organic farms of Alachua County in north-central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 94 (3):539-552.
  • Krombein, 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.
  • 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.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.
  • Nava-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.
  • Ngo, H.T., J. Gibbs, T. Griswold & L. Packer 2013. Evaluating bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) diversity using Malaise traps in coffee landscapes of Costa Rica. The Canadian Entomologist 145:435-453.
  • Owens, B.E., L. Allain, E.C. van Gorder, J.L. Bossart & C.E. Carlton 2018. The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Louisiana: An updated, annotated checklist. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (2):272-307.
  • Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. .
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