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Mesoplia decoratum (Smith, 1854)

Melissa decorata Smith, 1854:280, ♀. ♀, Brazil (B.M., leg. H.W. Bates). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Ducke, 1908Ducke, A. 1908. Zur Kenntnis der Schmarotzerbienen Brasiliens. (Hym.) (Fortsetzung aus H. 1 1908 p. 47.). Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 8:99-104. (distribution); Cockerell, 1910Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Some neotropical bees. Psyche 17:142-144. (distribution); Friese, 1912Friese, H. 1912. Neue und wenig bekannte Bienenarten der neotropischen Region. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (6):198-226. (distribution); Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19 (2):41-61. (distribution). - As Mesonychium decoratum: - Cockerell, 1917Cockerell, T.D.A. 1917. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXXV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 19 (114):473-481. (distribution); Cockerell, 1922Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. 4. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2413):1-20. (distribution). - As Mesoplia decorata: - Cockerell, 1913Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. - LIV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 12 (70):368-376. (distribution); Snelling & Brooks, 1985Snelling, R.R. & W. Brooks 1985. A review of the genera of cleptoparasitic bees of the tribe Ericrocini (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 369:1-34.:21 (listed); Oliveira Lima & Silvestre, 2017Oliveira Lima, F.V. de & R. Silvestre 2017. Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia Série Zoologia 107 (supl.):1-14. (distribution). - As Mesoplia decoratum: - Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution).
Melissa itaitubina Ducke, 1902 - Ducke, 1908Ducke, A. 1908. Zur Kenntnis der Schmarotzerbienen Brasiliens. (Hym.) (Fortsetzung aus H. 1 1908 p. 47.). Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 8:99-104.:100 ( listed as synonym of Melissa decorata Smith, 1854); Friese, 1912Friese, H. 1912. Neue und wenig bekannte Bienenarten der neotropischen Region. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (6):198-226.:205 ( listed as synonym of Melissa decorata Smith, 1854). - As Mesoplia itaitubina: - Snelling & Brooks, 1985Snelling, R.R. & W. Brooks 1985. A review of the genera of cleptoparasitic bees of the tribe Ericrocini (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 369:1-34.:21 (listed).

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Area distribution map

map of Mesoplia decoratum (Smith, 1854)

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Smith, 1854; Dalla Torre, 1896; Ducke, 1908; Cockerell, 1910; Friese, 1912; Cockerell, 1912; Oliveira Lima & Silvestre, 2017)
ECUEcuador
 (Cockerell, 1913; Cockerell, 1922)
GTMGuatemala
 (Cockerell, 1922)
PANPanama
 (Friese, 1912; Cockerell, 1917; Michener, 1954)

Literature

  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Some neotropical bees. Psyche 17:142-144.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19 (2):41-61.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. - LIV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 12 (70):368-376.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1917. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXXV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 19 (114):473-481.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. 4. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2413):1-20.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Ducke, A. 1908. Zur Kenntnis der Schmarotzerbienen Brasiliens. (Hym.) (Fortsetzung aus H. 1 1908 p. 47.). Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 8:99-104.
  • Friese, H. 1912. Neue und wenig bekannte Bienenarten der neotropischen Region. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (6):198-226.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • Oliveira Lima, F.V. de & R. Silvestre 2017. Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia Série Zoologia 107 (supl.):1-14.
  • Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl.
  • Snelling, R.R. & W. Brooks 1985. A review of the genera of cleptoparasitic bees of the tribe Ericrocini (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 369:1-34.