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Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837)

Macrocera rústica Say, 1837:406, ♂♀. 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.:552, Type specimens are destroyed. - As Melissodes rustica: - 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); 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, 2006Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. . (distribution); Paiero et al., 2010Paiero, S.M., S.A. Marshall, P.D. Pratt & M. Buck 2010. Insects of Ojibway Prairie, a southern Ontario tallgrass prairie. In: Shorthouse J.D. & Floate, K.D. (Ed.). Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Volume 1): Ecology and Interactions in Grassland Habitats. 199-225. (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).
Melissodes assimilis Smith, 1879:114, ♂♀. ♂, ♀, 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.:329, Types ♂, ♀ (British Museum); 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.:552, Holotype ♀ (British Museum (Natural History), No. 17-B-862). Synonymized with Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837) 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.:543. - Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); Cockerell, 1902Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. Additions to the fauna of Mexico (Bees and Coccidae). The Entomologist 35 (470):177-178. (distribution); 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); 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.:2151 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837)). - As Eucera assimilis: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution). - As Xenoglossa assimilis: - Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. - XLV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8 (10):21-31. (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).
Melissodes ambigua Smith, 1879:116, ♀. ♀, Mexico (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.:329, Type ♀ (British Museum); 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.:552, Holotype ♀ (British Museum (Natural History), No. 17-B-837). Synonymized with Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837) 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.:544. - 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 32:63-116. (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.:2151 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837)). - As Eucera ambigua: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution).
Melissodes festinata Provancher, 1888:300, 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.:552, Holotype ♀ (Provincial Museum, Quebec, Canada). Synonymized with Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837) 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.:544. - Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:300 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837)); 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.:2151 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837)). - As Eucera festinata: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.:233 (comb. nov.).
Melissodes simillima Robertson, 1897:355, ♂♀. 16 ♀♀, 29 ♂♂, Carlinville, Illinois, Lectoallotype ♂ (Illniois Natural History Survey, Urbana, No. 18071), designated 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.:552, Lectotype ♀ (Illniois Natural History Survey, Urbana, No. 3259), designated 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.:552. - 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.:544 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837)); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:300 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837)); 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.:2151 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837)).
Melissodes asteris Robertson, 1914:70, Lectotype ♀ (Illniois Natural History Survey, Urbana), designated 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.:552. Synonymized with Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837) 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.:544. - 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); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:300 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837)); 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.:2151 ( listed as synonym of Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837)).

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Area distribution map

map of Melissodes rustica (Say, 1837)

Distribution

CANCanada
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
CAN-AlbCanada - Alberta
 (LaBerge, 1961)
CAN-ManCanada - Manitoba
 (LaBerge, 1961)
CAN-NeBCanada - New Brunswick
 (LaBerge, 1961)
CAN-NoSCanada - Nova Scotia
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
CAN-OntCanada - Ontario
 (LaBerge, 1961; Paiero et al., 2010)
CAN-QuéCanada - Québec
 (LaBerge, 1961)
CAN-SasCanada - Saskatchewan
 (LaBerge, 1961; Krombein et al., 1979)
GTMGuatemala
 (Cockerell, 1912 [as Xenoglossa assimilis (Smith, 1879)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Xenoglossa assimilis (Smith, 1879)])
MEXMexico
 (Smith, 1879 [as Melissodes ambigua Smith, 1879]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Eucera ambigua (Smith, 1879)]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Eucera assimilis (Smith, 1879)]; Cockerell, 1899 [as Melissodes assimilis Smith, 1879]; Cockerell, 1899 [as Melissodes ambigua Smith, 1879]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Melissodes ambigua Smith, 1879]; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes assimilis Smith, 1879]; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes ambigua Smith, 1879]; Cockerell, 1913 [as Xenoglossa assimilis (Smith, 1879)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes ambigua Smith, 1879]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Xenoglossa assimilis (Smith, 1879)]; LaBerge, 1961 [as Melissodes ambigua Smith, 1879]; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-DurMexico - Durango
 (LaBerge, 1961)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Smith, 1879 [as Melissodes assimilis Smith, 1879]; Cockerell, 1902 [as Melissodes assimilis Smith, 1879]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Melissodes assimilis Smith, 1879]; LaBerge, 1961 [as Melissodes assimilis Smith, 1879]; LaBerge, 1961)
USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (LaBerge, 1961)
USA-CTUnited States - Connecticut
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-DCUnited States - Washington D.C.
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-DEUnited States - Delaware
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Pascarella, 2006)
USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Pascarella, 2006)
USA-IAUnited States - Iowa
 (LaBerge, 1961)
USA-IDUnited States - Idaho
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Robertson, 1897 [as Melissodes simillima Robertson, 1897]; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes simillima Robertson, 1897]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes simillima Robertson, 1897]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes asteris Robertson, 1914]; LaBerge, 1961; LaBerge, 1961 [as Melissodes simillima Robertson, 1897]; LaBerge, 1961 [as Melissodes asteris Robertson, 1914]; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-INUnited States - Indiana
 (Cockerell, 1913; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (LaBerge, 1961)
USA-LAUnited States - Louisiana
 (LaBerge, 1961; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-MAUnited States - Masachusettes
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MEUnited States - Maine
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes simillima Robertson, 1897]; LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MNUnited States - Minnesota
 (LaBerge, 1961)
USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
 (LaBerge, 1961)
USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
 (Michener, 1947 [as Melissodes asteris Robertson, 1914]; LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-MTUnited States - Montana
 (LaBerge, 1961)
USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-NDUnited States - North Dakota
 (LaBerge, 1961)
USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
 (LaBerge, 1961)
USA-NHUnited States - New Hampshire
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (LaBerge, 1961; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NYUnited States - New York
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-OHUnited States - Ohio
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-RIUnited States - Rhode Island
 (Mitchell, 1962)
USA-SCUnited States - South Carolina
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-SDUnited States - South Dakota
 (LaBerge, 1961)
USA-TNUnited States - Tennessee
 (LaBerge, 1961)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
USA-UTUnited States - Utah
 (LaBerge, 1961)
USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-VTUnited States - Vermont
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-WIUnited States - Wisconsin
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-WVUnited States - West Virginia
 (LaBerge, 1961; Mitchell, 1962)
USA-WYUnited States - Wyoming
 (LaBerge, 1961)

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. Additions to the fauna of Mexico (Bees and Coccidae). The Entomologist 35 (470):177-178.
  • 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 North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:63-116.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. - XLV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8 (10):21-31.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Paiero, S.M., S.A. Marshall, P.D. Pratt & M. Buck 2010. Insects of Ojibway Prairie, a southern Ontario tallgrass prairie. In: Shorthouse J.D. & Floate, K.D. (Ed.). Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Volume 1): Ecology and Interactions in Grassland Habitats. 199-225.
  • Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. .
  • Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7:315-356.
  • Say, T. 1837. Descriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described [Concluded from p. 305]. Boston Journal of Natural History 1 (4):361-416.
  • Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, 1-240.