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Mesonychium Lepeletier & Serville, 1825

Mesonychium Lepeletier, A. L. M. & Serville, J. G. A. (1825). [Articles] pp. 1–344 in M. Diderot et al. (ed.) Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes, vol. 10, P. A. Latreille. Paris: Agasse [107] .
Type species: Mesonychium coerulescens Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 by monotypy.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Mendoza, Tucumán), Brazil (Amapá [Calçoene, Macapá], Ceará [Baturité], Minas Gerais [Barbacena], Pará [Chaves, Santarém], Rio Grande do Sul [Quaraí], Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo [Guarujá, Jundiaí, Praia Grande, São Sebastião]), Chile (Antofagasta, Santiago), Ecuador (Guayas), Peru (Apurímac, Cuzco, Tacna), Venezuela

References

Chiappa, E., Rojas, M. & Toro, H. (1990). Clave para los géneros de abejas de Chile (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Rev. Chil. Entomol. 18: 67-81 [68, 70] (List, key)
Snelling, R. R. & Brooks, R. W. (1985). A review of the genera of cleptoparasitic bees of the tribe Ericrocini (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. 369: 1-34 [22] (Diagnosis, description, comments, phylogeny)

How to cite this page
J. S. Moure & G. A. R. Melo, 2023. Ericrocidini Cockerell & Atkins, 1902. 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