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Melissodes desponsa Smith, 1854

Melissodes desponsa Smith, 1854:310, ♀. ♀, North America (Ohio) (B.M.); LaBerge, 1956LaBerge, W.E. 1956. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part II. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 38 (8):533-578.:566, Holotype ♀ (British Museum (Natural History), 17B855). - Lovell & Cockerell, 1906Lovell, J.H. & Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. Notes on the bees of the southern Maine: Anthophordiae, Halictoididae, Macropidae and Panurgidae. Psyche 13 (5):109-113. (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 II. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 38 (8):533-578. (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). - As Eucera desponsa: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.:231 (comb. nov.). - As Melissodes daponsa: [lapsus] - 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.:2143 (!). - As Melissodes daponsa: [lapsus] - 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.:2143 (!).
Melissodes nigripes Smith, 1854:311, ♂♀.United States (B.M.), Lectoallotype ♀ (Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, Illinois), designated by LaBerge, 1956LaBerge, W.E. 1956. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part II. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 38 (8):533-578.:566, Lectotype ♂ (Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, Illinois), designated by LaBerge, 1956LaBerge, W.E. 1956. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part II. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 38 (8):533-578.:566. - Robertson, 1897Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7 (14):315-356.:353 ( listed as synonym of Synhalonia atriventris (Smith, 1854)); 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 II. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 38 (8):533-578.:562 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes desponsa Smith, 1854); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:274 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes desponsa Smith, 1854); 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.:2143 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes desponsa Smith, 1854).
Melissodes cnici Robertson, 1901:230 - 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); 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 II. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 38 (8):533-578.:562 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes desponsa Smith, 1854); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:274 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes desponsa Smith, 1854); 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.:2143 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes desponsa Smith, 1854).

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Area distribution map

map of Melissodes desponsa Smith, 1854

Distribution

CANCanada
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes nigripes Smith, 1854])
CAN-NeBCanada - New Brunswick
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes nigripes Smith, 1854]; LaBerge, 1956)
CAN-NoSCanada - Nova Scotia
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
CAN-OntCanada - Ontario
 (LaBerge, 1956)
CAN-QuéCanada - Québec
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USAUnited States
 (Smith, 1854 [as Melissodes nigripes Smith, 1854]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Melissodes cnici Robertson, 1901])
USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-CTUnited States - Connecticut
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-IAUnited States - Iowa
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes cnici Robertson, 1901]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes cnici Robertson, 1901]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; LaBerge, 1956 [as Melissodes nigripes Smith, 1854]; LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-INUnited States - Indiana
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USA-MAUnited States - Massachusetts
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MEUnited States - Maine
 (Lovell & Cockerell, 1906; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MNUnited States - Minnesota
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NDUnited States - North Dakota
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USA-NHUnited States - New Hampshire
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes nigripes Smith, 1854]; LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-NYUnited States - New York
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-OHUnited States - Ohio
 (Cockerell, 1913; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-OKUnited States - Oklahoma
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-ORUnited States - Oregon
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-RIUnited States - Rhode Island
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-SDUnited States - South Dakota
 (LaBerge, 1956)
USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-VTUnited States - Vermont
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-WIUnited States - Wisconsin
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes cnici Robertson, 1901]; LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-WVUnited States - West Virginia
 (LaBerge, 1956; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-WYUnited States - Wyoming
 (LaBerge, 1956)

Literature

  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (1):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.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • 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 II. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 38 (8):533-578.
  • Lovell, J.H. & Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. Notes on the bees of the southern Maine: Anthophordiae, Halictoididae, Macropidae and Panurgidae. Psyche 13 (5):109-113.
  • 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.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.
  • Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7 (14):315-356.
  • Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl.