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Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)

Agapostemon nigricornis Fabricius - Robertson, 1893Robertson, C. 1893. Notes on bees, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 20:145-149. (distribution); Robertson, 1897Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7 (14):315-356.:329 ( listed as synonym of Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)); Cockerell, 1927Cockerell, T.D.A. 1927. Bees of the genera Agapostemon and Augochlora in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 3 (4):153-162.:153 ( listed as synonym of Agapostemon virescens (Fabricius, 1775)); Sandhouse, 1936Sandhouse, G.A. 1936. The bees of the genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) occuring in the United States. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 26 (2):70-83.:79 ( listed as synonym of Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)).
Halictus splendens Lepeletier, 1841:283, ♀. ♀, Caroline, Amérique septentrionale (Musée de M. Serville); Sandhouse, 1936Sandhouse, G.A. 1936. The bees of the genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) occuring in the United States. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 26 (2):70-83.:79, Type ♀, present location of the type is unknown to the writer; Roberts, 1972Roberts, R.B. 1972. Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 49 (9):437-590.:529, Type ♀ (Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris). - Robertson, 1893Robertson, C. 1893. Notes on bees, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 20:145-149.:147 ( listed as synonym of Agapostemon nigricornis Fabricius). - As Agapostemon splendens: - Robertson, 1897Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7 (14):315-356. (distribution); Cockerell, 1901Cockerell, T.D.A. 1901. Flower and insect records from New Mexico. Entomological News 12 (2):38-43. (distribution); Cockerell, 1907Cockerell, T.D.A. 1907. The bees of Boulder County, Colorado. University of Colorado Studies 4:239-259. (distribution); Cockerell, 1914Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXIII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 14:361-369. (distribution); Cockerell, 1927Cockerell, T.D.A. 1927. Bees of the genera Agapostemon and Augochlora in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 3 (4):153-162. (distribution); Sandhouse, 1936Sandhouse, G.A. 1936. The bees of the genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) occuring in the United States. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 26 (2):70-83. (distribution); Michener, 1947Michener, C.D. 1947. Bees of a limited area in southern Mississippi (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). The American Midland Naturalist 38 (2):443-455. (distribution); Mitchell, 1960Mitchell, T.B. 1960. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume I. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 141:1-538. (distribution); Roberts, 1972Roberts, R.B. 1972. Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 49 (9):437-590. (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); Pascarella et al., 1999Pascarella, J.B., Waddington, K.D. & Neal, P.R. 1999. The Bee Fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Everglades National Park, Florida and adjacent areas: Distribution, Phenology, and Biogeography. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72 (1):32-45. (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); Ramírez-Freire et al., 2012Ramírez-Freire, L., Alanís-Flores, G. J., Ayala-Barajas, R., Quiroz-Martínez, H. & Velazco Macías, C. G. 2012. Las abejas del género Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) del estado de Nuevo León, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 83:63-72. (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).
Agapostemon æruginosus Smith, 1853:86, ♀.St. John's Bluff, East Florida (E. Doubleday, Esq.); Roberts, 1972Roberts, R.B. 1972. Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 49 (9):437-590.:529, Type ♀ (British Museum (Natural History)). - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Robertson, 1893Robertson, C. 1893. Notes on bees, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 20:145-149.:147 ( listed as synonym of Agapostemon nigricornis Fabricius); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Robertson, 1897Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7 (14):315-356.:328 ( listed as synonym of Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)); Sandhouse, 1936Sandhouse, G.A. 1936. The bees of the genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) occuring in the United States. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 26 (2):70-83.:79 ( listed as synonym of Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)); Mitchell, 1960Mitchell, T.B. 1960. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume I. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 141:1-538.:452 ( listed as synonym of Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)); Roberts, 1972Roberts, R.B. 1972. Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 49 (9):437-590.:529 ( listed as synonym of Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)); 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.:1953 ( listed as synonym of Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)); Ramírez-Freire et al., 2012Ramírez-Freire, L., Alanís-Flores, G. J., Ayala-Barajas, R., Quiroz-Martínez, H. & Velazco Macías, C. G. 2012. Las abejas del género Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) del estado de Nuevo León, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 83:63-72.:71 ( listed as synonym of Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)). - As Temnosoma aeruginosum: - 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); Imperatriz-Fonseca et al., 2011Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., I. Alves-dos-Santos, P. Souza Santos-Filho, W. Engels, M. Ramalho, W. Wilms, J.B Vicentin Aguilar, C.A. Pinheiro-Machado, D. Araújo Alves & A. Matos Peixoto Kleinert 2011. Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 11 (1a):631-655. (distribution).

FotoID: 7358
Species: Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841) ♀
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: USA, Maryland

FotoID: 7359
Species: Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841) ♀
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: USA, Maryland

FotoID: 7360
Species: Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841) ♀
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain

FotoID: 7357
Species: Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841) ♀
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain

FotoID: 7361
Species: Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841) ♀
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain

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Area distribution map

map of Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Imperatriz-Fonseca et al., 2011 [as Temnosoma aeruginosum (Smith, 1853)])
CANCanada
 (Robertson, 1897)
CAN-OntCanada - Ontario
 (Krombein et al., 1979)
CAN-SasCanada - Saskatchewan
 (Roberts, 1972; Krombein et al., 1979)
GUYGuyana
 (Bodkin, 1918 [as Temnosoma aeruginosum (Smith, 1853)])
MEXMexico
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-NuLMexico - Nuevo León
 (Ramírez-Freire et al., 2012)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Roberts, 1972)
USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
 (Sandhouse, 1936; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-ARUnited States - Arkansas
 (Sandhouse, 1936)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Sandhouse, 1936; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Cockerell, 1907; Cockerell, 1914; Sandhouse, 1936; Roberts, 1972)
USA-CTUnited States - Connecticut
 (Sandhouse, 1936; Mitchell, 1960)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Smith, 1853 [as Agapostemon aeruginosus Smith, 1853]; Robertson, 1893 [as Agapostemon nigricornis Fabricius]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Agapostemon aeruginosus Smith, 1853]; Robertson, 1897; Sandhouse, 1936; Mitchell, 1960; Roberts, 1972; Krombein et al., 1979; Pascarella et al., 1999; Pascarella, 2006; Hall & Ascher, 2010; Hall & Ascher, 2011)
USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
 (Robertson, 1897; Sandhouse, 1936; Mitchell, 1960)
USA-IAUnited States - Iowa
 (Sandhouse, 1936)
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Robertson, 1897; Sandhouse, 1936; Mitchell, 1960)
USA-INUnited States - Indiana
 (Sandhouse, 1936; Mitchell, 1960)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Robertson, 1897; Sandhouse, 1936)
USA-LAUnited States - Louisiana
 (Sandhouse, 1936; Krombein et al., 1979; Owens et al., 2018)
USA-MAUnited States - Massachusetts
 (Robertson, 1897; Sandhouse, 1936; Mitchell, 1960)
USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
 (Sandhouse, 1936)
USA-MEUnited States - Maine
 (Mitchell, 1960; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
 (Robertson, 1897; Sandhouse, 1936; Mitchell, 1960; Roberts, 1972)
USA-MNUnited States - Minnesota
 (Sandhouse, 1936)
USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
 (Sandhouse, 1936)
USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
 (Michener, 1947; Mitchell, 1960; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
 (Robertson, 1897; Sandhouse, 1936; Mitchell, 1960)
USA-NDUnited States - North Dakota
 (Mitchell, 1960)
USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
 (Robertson, 1897; Sandhouse, 1936)
USA-NHUnited States - New Hampshire
 (Sandhouse, 1936)
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Sandhouse, 1936; Mitchell, 1960)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Cockerell, 1901 new; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NYUnited States - New York
 (Robertson, 1897; Sandhouse, 1936)
USA-OHUnited States - Ohio
 (Robertson, 1897; Cockerell, 1927; Mitchell, 1960)
USA-OKUnited States - Oklahoma
 (Sandhouse, 1936)
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (Robertson, 1897)
USA-RIUnited States - Rhode Island
 (Mitchell, 1960)
USA-SCUnited States - South Carolina
 (Mitchell, 1960)
USA-TNUnited States - Tennessee
 (Roberts, 1972)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872 [as Agapostemon aeruginosus Smith, 1853]; Robertson, 1897; Sandhouse, 1936; Mitchell, 1960)
USA-UTUnited States - Utah
 (Roberts, 1972)
USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
 (Robertson, 1897; Sandhouse, 1936)

Literature

  • 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.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1901. Flower and insect records from New Mexico. Entomological News 12 (2):38-43.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1907. The bees of Boulder County, Colorado. University of Colorado Studies 4:239-259.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXIII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 14:361-369.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1927. Bees of the genera Agapostemon and Augochlora in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 3 (4):153-162.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • 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.
  • Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., I. Alves-dos-Santos, P. Souza Santos-Filho, W. Engels, M. Ramalho, W. Wilms, J.B Vicentin Aguilar, C.A. Pinheiro-Machado, D. Araújo Alves & A. Matos Peixoto Kleinert 2011. Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 11 (1a):631-655.
  • 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.
  • Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1841. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 2. Paris.
  • Michener, C.D. 1947. Bees of a limited area in southern Mississippi (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). The American Midland Naturalist 38 (2):443-455.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1960. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume I. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 141:1-538.
  • 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.
  • 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. .
  • Pascarella, J.B., Waddington, K.D. & Neal, P.R. 1999. The Bee Fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Everglades National Park, Florida and adjacent areas: Distribution, Phenology, and Biogeography. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72 (1):32-45.
  • Ramírez-Freire, L., Alanís-Flores, G. J., Ayala-Barajas, R., Quiroz-Martínez, H. & Velazco Macías, C. G. 2012. Las abejas del género Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) del estado de Nuevo León, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 83:63-72.
  • Roberts, R.B. 1972. Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 49 (9):437-590.
  • Robertson, C. 1893. Notes on bees, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 20:145-149.
  • Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7 (14):315-356.
  • Sandhouse, G.A. 1936. The bees of the genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) occuring in the United States. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 26 (2):70-83.
  • Smith, F. 1853. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London. 197 pp, 6 pl.