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Melissoptila otomita (Cresson, 1878)

Melissodes otomita Cresson, 1878:209, ♂. Holotype ♂, Mexico (American Entomology Society, leg. Sumichrast). - Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); 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). - As Eucera otomita: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution), 243 (comb. nov.). - As Melissoptila otomita: - 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); Ayala, 1988Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493. (distribution); Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197. (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); Esperanza de Pedro, 2021Esperanza de Pedro, D. 2021. . :. (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 pinguis velutinellus Cockerell, 1897:158, ♂♀. ♀, Paso de Telaya, April 7 (leg. C.H.T. Townsend); ♂, San Rafael, Vera Cruz, March 14 (leg. C.H.T. Townsend). - 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). - As Melissodes pinguis velutinella: - 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.:2158 ( listed as synonym of Melissoptila otomita (Cresson, 1878)).
Tetralonia joseana Friese, 1916:295, 330, ♂♀. 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, San José (leg. Schmidt). - 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.:2158 ( listed as synonym of Melissoptila otomita (Cresson, 1878)). - As Ptilomelissa joseana: - Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution).
Exomalopsis rufitecta Cockerell, 1949:454, ♀. Holotype ♀, Honduras: Zamorano (U.S.N.M., No. 58515, leg. W. P. Cockerell). - 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.:2158 ( listed as synonym of Melissoptila otomita (Cresson, 1878)).
Exomalopsis rufitecta palliditecta Cockerell, 1949:454, ♀. Holotype ♀, Honduras: Zamorano, December (U.S.N.M., No. 58516, leg. Vidales). - 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.:2158 ( listed as synonym of Melissoptila otomita (Cresson, 1878)).

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Area distribution map

map of Melissoptila otomita (Cresson, 1878)

Distribution

CRICosta Rica
 (Friese, 1916 [as Tetralonia joseana Friese, 1916]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Tetralonia joseana Friese, 1916]; Krombein et al., 1979)
GTMGuatemala
 (Krombein et al., 1979)
HNDHonduras
 (Cockerell, 1949 [as Exomalopsis rufitecta Cockerell, 1949]; Cockerell, 1949 [as Exomalopsis rufitecta palliditecta Cockerell, 1949]; Krombein et al., 1979)
MEXMexico
 (Cresson, 1878; Cresson, 1879; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1899; Cockerell, 1899 [as Melissodes pinguis velutinellus Cockerell, 1897]; Cockerell, 1906; Cockerell, 1913; Cockerell, 1913 [as Melissodes pinguis velutinella Cockerell, 1897]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melissodes pinguis velutinella Cockerell, 1897]; Krombein et al., 1979; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-BCSMexico - Baja California Sur
 (Esperanza de Pedro, 2021)
MEX-CamMexico - Campeche
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Sagot et al., 2018)
MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
 (Ayala, 1988)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Cockerell, 1897 [as Melissodes pinguis velutinellus Cockerell, 1897]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Melissodes pinguis velutinellus Cockerell, 1897])
PANPanama
 (Michener, 1954 [as Ptilomelissa joseana (Friese, 1916)]; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Krombein et al., 1979)

Literature

  • Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1897. New and little-known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 24:144-162.
  • 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. 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.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1878. Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 30:181-221.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232.
  • 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. . :.
  • Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348.
  • 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.
  • 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. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • 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.
  • Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197.