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Mesocheira Lepeletier & Serville, 1825

Mesocheira 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 [106] .
Type species: Melecta bicolor Fabricius, 1804 by subsequent designation, see Taschenberg, E. (1883). Die Gattungen der Bienen (Anthophila). Berl. Entomol. Z. 27 (1): 37-100 [72] .

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Chaco), Brazil (Amapá [Macapá], Amazonas, Bahia [Itatim], Ceará [Guaramiranga], Maranhão [Formosa Da Serra Negra], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bodoquena, Corumbá, Porto Murtinho], Pará, Pernambuco [Caruaru], Santa Catarina [Três Barras]), Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla), Panama, Paraguay

References

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 [32] (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