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Melissodes comptoides Robertson, 1898

Melissodes comptoides Robertson, 1898:52, Lectoallotype ♂, Carlinville, Illinois, August 1, 1895 (Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, No. 17480, 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.:1092, Lectotype ♀, Carlinville, Illinois, August 18, 1897 (Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, No. 20449, 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.:1092. - 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); Michener, 1947Michener, C.D. 1947. Bees of a limited area in southern Mississippi (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). The American Midland Naturalist 38 (2):443-455. (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); 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); 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).
Melissodes martini hitei Cockerell, 1908:33, 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.:1092, Holotype ♀ (California Academy of Sciences). Synonymized with Melissodes comptoides Robertson, 1898 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.:1087. - 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 comptoides Robertson, 1898); 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 comptoides Robertson, 1898).

FotoID: 8534
Species: Melissodes comptoides Robertson, 1898 ♀
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: USA, Maryland

FotoID: 8536
Species: Melissodes comptoides Robertson, 1898 ♀
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: USA, Maryland

FotoID: 8537
Species: Melissodes comptoides Robertson, 1898 ♂
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain

FotoID: 8538
Species: Melissodes comptoides Robertson, 1898 ♂
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain

FotoID: 8535
Species: Melissodes comptoides Robertson, 1898 ♀
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: USA, Maryland

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Area distribution map

map of Melissodes comptoides Robertson, 1898

Distribution

USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Pascarella et al., 1999; Pascarella, 2006; Hall & Ascher, 2010)
USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-IAUnited States - Iowa
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Cockerell, 1906; Cockerell, 1913; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USA-LAUnited States - Louisiana
 (LaBerge, 1956; Owens et al., 2018)
USA-MAUnited States - Masachusettes
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
 (Michener, 1947; LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USA-SCUnited States - South Carolina
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-SDUnited States - South Dakota
 (Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-TNUnited States - Tennessee
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)

Literature

  • 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. 1913. Names applied to the Eucerine bees of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 43:261-273.
  • 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.
  • 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. 1947. Bees of a limited area in southern Mississippi (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). The American Midland Naturalist 38 (2):443-455.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.
  • 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.