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Melissodes montana Cresson, 1878

Melissodes montana Cresson, 1878:202, ♂♀.Colorado (leg. Ridings);New Mexico (leg. Dr. Lewis); 4 ♂♀; LaBerge, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663.:472, Lectotype ♀ (Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). - Cockerell, 1902Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. Flowers and insects in New Mexico. American Naturalist 36 (430):809-817. (distribution); Cockerell, 1903Cockerell, T.D.A. 1903. A catalogue of the bees of California. Psyche 10:74-78. (distribution); 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, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314. (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, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663. (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); Vergara & Ayala, 2002Vergara, C.H. & R. Ayala 2002. Diversity, Phenology and Biogeography of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Zapotitlán de las Salinas, Puebla, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75 (1):16-30. (distribution); Sagot et al., 2018Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011. (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). - As Eucera montana: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution), 241 (comb. nov.). - As Melissodes montanus: - Esperanza de Pedro, 2021Esperanza de Pedro, D. 2021. . :. (distribution).
Melissodes hirsuta Smith, 1879:116, ♂. ♂, Mexico, Oajaca (British Museum); Cockerell, 1905Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31:309-364.:328, Type ♂ (British Museum). Synonymized with Melissodes montana Cresson, 1878 by LaBerge, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663.:469. - Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); 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); 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.:2149 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes montana Cresson, 1878).
Eucera oajacana Dalla Torre, 1896:242, no descr. Replacement name for Melissodes hirsuta Smith, 1879 by Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.:242 (nec Morawitz). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20.:13 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes hirsuta Smith, 1879); 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.:604 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes hirsuta Smith, 1879); 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.:2149 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes montana Cresson, 1878).
Melissodes atrifera Cockerell, 1910:256, ♂. ♂, Mexico (Berlin Museum, no. 1335, leg. Deppe); LaBerge, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663.:472, Holotype ♂ (Zoologische Museum der Humboldt Universität, East Berlin, Germany). Synonymized with Melissodes montana Cresson, 1878 by LaBerge, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663.:469. - 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); 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.:2149 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes montana Cresson, 1878).
Melissodes atrifera sandiarum Cockerell, 1910:257, ♂. ♂, Sandia Mountains, New Mexico, July 26, 1909 (leg. J.R. Watson); LaBerge, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663.:472, Holotype ♂ (Coll. Timberlake, Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, California). Synonymized with Melissodes montana Cresson, 1878 by LaBerge, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663.:469. - Cockerell, 1911Cockerell, T.D.A. 1911. New and little known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 37:217-241. (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); 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.:2149 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes montana Cresson, 1878).

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Area distribution map

map of Melissodes montana Cresson, 1878

Distribution

MEXMexico
 (Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Eucera oajacana Dalla Torre, 1896]; Cockerell, 1899 [as Melissodes hirsuta Smith, 1879]; Cockerell, 1910 [as Melissodes atrifera Cockerell, 1910]; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes hirsuta Smith, 1879]; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes atrifera Cockerell, 1910]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes hirsuta Smith, 1879]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes atrifera Cockerell, 1910]; LaBerge, 1961 [as Melissodes atrifera Cockerell, 1910]; Krombein et al., 1979; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-AguMexico - Aguascalientes
 (LaBerge, 1961)
MEX-BaCMexico - Baja California
 (LaBerge, 1961)
MEX-BCSMexico - Baja California Sur
 (Esperanza de Pedro, 2021 endemic)
MEX-CdZMexico - Coahuila
 (LaBerge, 1961)
MEX-ChiMexico - Chihuahua
 (LaBerge, 1961)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Sagot et al., 2018)
MEX-DurMexico - Durango
 (LaBerge, 1961)
MEX-GuaMexico - Guanajuato
 (LaBerge, 1961)
MEX-HidMexico - Hidalgo
 (LaBerge, 1961)
MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
 (LaBerge, 1961)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Smith, 1879 [as Melissodes hirsuta Smith, 1879]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Melissodes hirsuta Smith, 1879]; LaBerge, 1961)
MEX-PueMexico - Puebla
 (LaBerge, 1961; Vergara & Ayala, 2002)
MEX-SLPMexico - San Luis Potosi
 (LaBerge, 1961)
MEX-ZacMexico - Zacatecas
 (LaBerge, 1961)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Cockerell, 1906; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; LaBerge, 1961; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Cockerell, 1903; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Cresson, 1878; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1906; Cockerell, 1906; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; LaBerge, 1961; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1902; Cockerell, 1906; Cockerell, 1906; Cockerell, 1910 [as Melissodes atrifera sandiarum Cockerell, 1910]; Cockerell, 1911 [as Melissodes atrifera sandiarum Cockerell, 1910]; Cockerell, 1913; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes atrifera sandiarum Cockerell, 1910]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes atrifera sandiarum Cockerell, 1910]; LaBerge, 1961 [as Melissodes atrifera sandiarum Cockerell, 1910]; LaBerge, 1961; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; LaBerge, 1961; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-UTUnited States - Utah
 (LaBerge, 1961; Krombein et al., 1979)

Literature

  • 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. 1902. Flowers and insects in New Mexico. American Naturalist 36 (430):809-817.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1903. A catalogue of the bees of California. Psyche 10:74-78.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31:309-364.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314.
  • 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. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. - XXVI. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 5 (27):256-264.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1911. New and little known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 37:217-241.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Names applied to the Eucerine bees of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 43:261-273.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1878. Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 30:181-221.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Esperanza de Pedro, D. 2021. . :.
  • 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. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663.
  • 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.
  • Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011.
  • Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, 1-240.
  • Vergara, C.H. & R. Ayala 2002. Diversity, Phenology and Biogeography of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Zapotitlán de las Salinas, Puebla, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75 (1):16-30.