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Eulaema meriana (Olivier, 1789)

Apis Meriana Olivier, 1789:64, sex not indicated.Cayenne & à Surinam; Dressler, 1979Dressler, R.L. 1979. Eulaema bombiformis, E. meriana, and müllerian mimicry in related Species (Hymenoptera: Apidea). Biotropica 11 (2):144-151.:149, probably lost; Moure, 2000Moure, J.S. 2000. As espécies do gênero Eulaema Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossinae). Acta Biol. Par., Curitiba 29 (1, 2, 3, 4):1-70.:35, Holotype (Col. Bosc, Muséum National d’Historie Naturelle (MNHP), Paris). - Olivier, 1789Olivier 1789. Encyclopedic Methodique, Dictionnaire des Insectes., Vol. 4. Paris and Liege, 1-331. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution). - As Eulaema meriana: - Ackermann, 1983Ackermann, J.D. 1983. Diversity and seasonality of male euglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Central Panamá. Ecology 64 (2):274-283. (distribution); Bonilla-Gómez & Nates-Parra, 1992Bonilla-Gómez, M.A. & G. Nates-Parra 1992. Abejas euglosinas de Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae), I. Claves ilustradas. Caldasia 17 (1):149-172. (distribution); Yanega, 1994Yanega, D. 1994. Arboreal, ant-mimicking Mutilid wasps, Pappognatha; Parasites of neotropical Euglossa (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae and Apidae). Biotropica 26 (4):465-468. (distribution); Moure, 2000Moure, J.S. 2000. As espécies do gênero Eulaema Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossinae). Acta Biol. Par., Curitiba 29 (1, 2, 3, 4):1-70. (distribution); Ramírez et al., 2002Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (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); Gruber et al., 2008Gruber, M.H., L. Morawetz & M. Wiemers 2008. Diversity of Euglossini (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in primary and secondary lowland rainforests in south-western Costa Rica. Stapfia 88:257-266. (distribution); Santos Murgas et al., 2012Santos Murgas, A., R.A. Munoz Méndez, E. Medianero, M. Osorio-Arenas & R. Carranza 2012. Abejas de las orquídeas (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) en la Comarca guna de Madungandí, provincia de Panamá, Panamá. Scientia (Panamá) 22 (2):77-91. (distribution); Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2012Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. & M.S. Engel 2012. A checklist of the orchid bees of Nicaragua (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85 (2):135-144. (distribution); Ospina et al., 2015Ospina-Torrres, R., P.M. Montoya-Pfeiffer, A. Parra-H., V. Solarte & J. Tupac Otero 2015. Interaction networks and the use of floral resources by male orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in a primary rain forests of the Chocó Region (Colombia). Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 63 (3):647-658. (distribution); McCravy et al., 2016McCravy, K.W., J.Van Dyke, T.J. Creedy & D.W. Roubik 2016. Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Cusuco National Park, State of Cortés, Honduras. The Florida Entomologist 99 (4):765-768. (distribution); Murgas et al., 2018Murgas, A.S., J.C. Abrego, O.G.C. López, C.M. Monteza-Moreno, M. Osorio, R. Guardia, E. Álvarez, K. Quiroz, Y.J. Añino, R.E.B. Carranza & C. Villareal 2018. Abejas de las orquídeas (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) del Parque Nacional Darién, Panamá. Tecnociencia 20 (2):59-69. (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); García et al., 2023García A.C., S. Bossert, A.G. Armas Quiñónez, R.S. Zack, J. Monzón Sierra 2023. Las abejas de las orquídeas de Guatemala (Apidae: Euglossini). In: Schuster, J.C., J. Yoshimoto & J. Monzón Sierra (Ed.). Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen III. 139-153. (distribution). - As Eulaema meriana meriana: - Dressler, 1979Dressler, R.L. 1979. Eulaema bombiformis, E. meriana, and müllerian mimicry in related Species (Hymenoptera: Apidea). Biotropica 11 (2):144-151. (distribution).
Apis dimidiata Fabricius, 1793:316, no.Surinami (Mus. Dom. Bose); Dressler, 1979Dressler, R.L. 1979. Eulaema bombiformis, E. meriana, and müllerian mimicry in related Species (Hymenoptera: Apidea). Biotropica 11 (2):144-151.:149, probably lost; Moure, 2000Moure, J.S. 2000. As espécies do gênero Eulaema Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossinae). Acta Biol. Par., Curitiba 29 (1, 2, 3, 4):1-70.:35, Holotype (Col. Bosc, Muséum National d’Historie Naturelle (MNHP), Paris). - Dressler, 1979Dressler, R.L. 1979. Eulaema bombiformis, E. meriana, and müllerian mimicry in related Species (Hymenoptera: Apidea). Biotropica 11 (2):144-151.:149 ( listed as synonym of Eulaema meriana (Olivier, 1789)); Moure, 2000Moure, J.S. 2000. As espécies do gênero Eulaema Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossinae). Acta Biol. Par., Curitiba 29 (1, 2, 3, 4):1-70.:32 ( listed as synonym of Eulaema meriana (Olivier, 1789)). - As Centris dimidiata: - Schomburgk, 1848Schomburgk, R. 1848. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Dritter Theil. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Webre, Leipzig. (distribution); Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18th and 20th centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 864:1-27. (distribution). - As Euglossa dimidiata: - Perty, 1833Perty, M. 1833. Delectus animalium articulatorum, quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX. 125-224, pls. 25-40. (distribution); Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Friese, 1899Friese, H. 1899. Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 22:117-172. (distribution); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (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); Friese, 1921Friese, H. 1921. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 82:74-98. (distribution); Friese, 1923Friese, H. 1923. Über einige neue Euglossa-Arten. Konowia 2:24-28. (distribution). - As Eulaema dimidiata: - Lepeletier, 1841Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1841. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 2. Paris. (distribution); Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19 (2):41-61. (distribution); Alfken, 1933Alfken, J.D. 1933. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, inbesondere in das Amazonasgebeit, ausgeführt von Dr. H. Zerny. IX Teil. Hymenoptera: Apidae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 45:303-307. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution). - As Eulema dimidiata: - 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). - As Eulema dimidiata: - 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).
Euglossa quadrifasciata Friese, 1903 - Ramírez et al., 2002Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118.:117 ( listed as synonym of Eulaema meriana (Olivier, 1789)).
Euglossa dimidiata tenuifasciata Friese, 1925:30, ♀. Holotype ♀, Amazonas-Gebiet; Dressler, 1979Dressler, R.L. 1979. Eulaema bombiformis, E. meriana, and müllerian mimicry in related Species (Hymenoptera: Apidea). Biotropica 11 (2):144-151.:149 (Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.). - Dressler, 1979Dressler, R.L. 1979. Eulaema bombiformis, E. meriana, and müllerian mimicry in related Species (Hymenoptera: Apidea). Biotropica 11 (2):144-151.:149 ( listed as synonym of Eulaema meriana (Olivier, 1789)). - As Euglossa tenuifasciata: - Ramírez et al., 2002Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118.:117 ( listed as synonym of Eulaema meriana (Olivier, 1789)).

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Area distribution map

map of Eulaema meriana (Olivier, 1789)

Distribution

BOLBolivia
 (Friese, 1899 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Dressler, 1979 [as Euglossa dimidiata tenuifasciata Friese, 1925]; Moure, 2000; Ramírez et al., 2002)
BRABrazil
 (Perty, 1833 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Smith, 1854 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Friese, 1899 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Cockerell, 1912 [as Eulaema dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Alfken, 1933 [as Eulaema dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Moure, 2000; Ramírez et al., 2002)
COLColombia
 (Bonilla-Gómez & Nates-Parra, 1992; Moure, 2000; Ramírez et al., 2002; Smith-Pardo, 2003; Ospina et al., 2015)
CRICosta Rica
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Friese, 1921 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Friese, 1923 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Dressler, 1979; Ramírez et al., 2002; Gruber et al., 2008)
ECUEcuador
 (Friese, 1899 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Dressler, 1979; Moure, 2000; Ramírez et al., 2002)
GTMGuatemala
 (Ramírez et al., 2002; García et al., 2023)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Olivier, 1789; Lepeletier, 1841 [as Eulaema dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Smith, 1854 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Friese, 1899 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Moure, 2000; Moure, 2000 [as Apis dimidiata Fabricius, 1793]; Ramírez et al., 2002; Vivallo, 2023 [as Centris dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)])
GUYGuyana
 (Schomburgk, 1848 [as Centris dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Bodkin, 1918 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Moure, 2000; Ramírez et al., 2002)
HNDHonduras
 (Ramírez et al., 2002; McCravy et al., 2016)
MEXMexico
 (Cresson, 1879 [as Eulema dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Cockerell, 1899 [as Eulema dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Friese, 1899 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
NICNicaragua
 (Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2012)
PANPanama
 (Friese, 1899 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Michener, 1954 [as Eulaema dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Ackermann, 1983; Yanega, 1994; Moure, 2000; Ramírez et al., 2002; Santos Murgas et al., 2012; Murgas et al., 2018)
PERPeru
 (Moure, 2000; Ramírez et al., 2002)
SLVEl Salvador
 (Ramírez et al., 2002)
SURSuriname
 (Olivier, 1789; Fabricius, 1793 [as Apis dimidiata Fabricius, 1793]; Dalla Torre, 1896; Friese, 1899 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Dressler, 1979; Dressler, 1979 [as Apis dimidiata Fabricius, 1793]; Moure, 2000; Ramírez et al., 2002)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Ramírez et al., 2002; Starr & Hook, 2003)
VENVenezuela
 (Friese, 1899 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Euglossa dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Moure, 2000; Ramírez et al., 2002)

Literature

  • Ackermann, J.D. 1983. Diversity and seasonality of male euglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Central Panamá. Ecology 64 (2):274-283.
  • Alfken, J.D. 1933. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, inbesondere in das Amazonasgebeit, ausgeführt von Dr. H. Zerny. IX Teil. Hymenoptera: Apidae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 45:303-307.
  • Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII.
  • Bonilla-Gómez, M.A. & G. Nates-Parra 1992. Abejas euglosinas de Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae), I. Claves ilustradas. Caldasia 17 (1):149-172.
  • 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. 1912. New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19 (2):41-61.
  • 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.
  • Dressler, R.L. 1979. Eulaema bombiformis, E. meriana, and müllerian mimicry in related Species (Hymenoptera: Apidea). Biotropica 11 (2):144-151.
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 2. Christian Gottlieb Proft, Hafniae. viii + 519 pp.
  • Friese, H. 1899. Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 22:117-172.
  • Friese, H. 1921. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 82:74-98.
  • Friese, H. 1923. Über einige neue Euglossa-Arten. Konowia 2:24-28.
  • Friese, H. 1925. Neue neotropische Bienenarten, zugleich II. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica (Hym.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 86 (2):1-41.
  • García A.C., S. Bossert, A.G. Armas Quiñónez, R.S. Zack, J. Monzón Sierra 2023. Las abejas de las orquídeas de Guatemala (Apidae: Euglossini). In: Schuster, J.C., J. Yoshimoto & J. Monzón Sierra (Ed.). Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen III. 139-153.
  • Gruber, M.H., L. Morawetz & M. Wiemers 2008. Diversity of Euglossini (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in primary and secondary lowland rainforests in south-western Costa Rica. Stapfia 88:257-266.
  • Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. & M.S. Engel 2012. A checklist of the orchid bees of Nicaragua (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85 (2):135-144.
  • Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1841. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 2. Paris.
  • 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.
  • McCravy, K.W., J.Van Dyke, T.J. Creedy & D.W. Roubik 2016. Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Cusuco National Park, State of Cortés, Honduras. The Florida Entomologist 99 (4):765-768.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • Moure, J.S. 2000. As espécies do gênero Eulaema Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossinae). Acta Biol. Par., Curitiba 29 (1, 2, 3, 4):1-70.
  • Murgas, A.S., J.C. Abrego, O.G.C. López, C.M. Monteza-Moreno, M. Osorio, R. Guardia, E. Álvarez, K. Quiroz, Y.J. Añino, R.E.B. Carranza & C. Villareal 2018. Abejas de las orquídeas (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) del Parque Nacional Darién, Panamá. Tecnociencia 20 (2):59-69.
  • 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.
  • Olivier 1789. Encyclopedic Methodique, Dictionnaire des Insectes., Vol. 4. Paris and Liege, 1-331.
  • Ospina-Torrres, R., P.M. Montoya-Pfeiffer, A. Parra-H., V. Solarte & J. Tupac Otero 2015. Interaction networks and the use of floral resources by male orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in a primary rain forests of the Chocó Region (Colombia). Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 63 (3):647-658.
  • Perty, M. 1833. Delectus animalium articulatorum, quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX. 125-224, pls. 25-40.
  • Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118.
  • Santos Murgas, A., R.A. Munoz Méndez, E. Medianero, M. Osorio-Arenas & R. Carranza 2012. Abejas de las orquídeas (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) en la Comarca guna de Madungandí, provincia de Panamá, Panamá. Scientia (Panamá) 22 (2):77-91.
  • Schomburgk, R. 1848. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Dritter Theil. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Webre, Leipzig.
  • Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl.
  • Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341.
  • Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31.
  • Vivallo, F. 2023. The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18th and 20th centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 864:1-27.
  • Yanega, D. 1994. Arboreal, ant-mimicking Mutilid wasps, Pappognatha; Parasites of neotropical Euglossa (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae and Apidae). Biotropica 26 (4):465-468.
  • Yáñez-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.