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Melissodes opuntiella Cockerell, 1911

Melissodes opuntiella Cockerell, 1911:131, ♂♀. Type ♂, Brownsville, Texas, March 23, 1908 (leg. Jones & Pratt); 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.:271, Type (U.S.N.M., No. 14105). - 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); LaBerge, 1963LaBerge, W.E. 1963. New species and records of little-known species of Melissodes from North America (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 4 (10):227-240. (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); 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).

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Area distribution map

map of Melissodes opuntiella Cockerell, 1911

Distribution

MEXMexico
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-CdZMexico - Coahuila
 (LaBerge, 1956)
MEX-MéxMexico - México
 (LaBerge, 1963)
MEX-ZacMexico - Zacatecas
 (LaBerge, 1963)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (LaBerge, 1956; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (LaBerge, 1956; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cockerell, 1911; Cockerell, 1913; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; LaBerge, 1956; LaBerge, 1963; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-UTUnited States - Utah
 (LaBerge, 1956; LaBerge, 1963; Krombein et al., 1979)

Literature

  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1911. Some new bees from flowers of Cactaceae. The Canadian Entomologist 43 (4):131-132.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Names applied to the Eucerine bees of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 43:261-273.
  • 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.
  • LaBerge, W.E. 1963. New species and records of little-known species of Melissodes from North America (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 4 (10):227-240.
  • 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.
  • 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.