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Ptilothrix Smith, 1853

Ptilothrix Smith, F. (1853). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London: British Museum 1-198 pp. [131] .
Type species: Ptilothrix plumata Smith, 1853 by monotypy.

Emphor Patton, W. H. (1879). Generic arrangement of the bees allied to Melissodes and Anthophora. Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Territ. 5: 471-479 [476] .
Type species: Melissodes bombiformis Cresson, 1878 by original designation.

Teleutemnesta Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus [.]. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [400] .
Type species: Teleutemnesta fructifera Holmberg, 1903 by subsequent designation, see Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Neotropical bees, principally collected by Professor Bruner in Argentina. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 44: 25-38 [36] .

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Zacatecas); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz), Brazil (Ceará [Baturité, Caridade, Piquet Carneiro, Quixadá], Maranhão [Codó, São Luís], Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul [Bonito, Ponta Porã, Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais, Paraná [Palmeira], Pará, Rio Grande do Norte [Açu], Rio Grande do Sul [Canguçu, Caçapava Do Sul, Pelotas, Viamão], Santa Catarina [Blumenau], São Paulo [Guarulhos, Jundiaí, Monte Alegre Do Sul, São Carlos, São Paulo]), Ecuador, Mexico (Michoacán, Puebla, Veracruz), Paraguay

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How to cite this page
J. S. Moure & G. A. R. Melo, 2023. Emphorini Robertson, 1904. In Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at https://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. Accessed May/18/2024

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023