Mesoxaea Hurd & Linsley, 1976
Mesoxaea
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1976). The bee family Oxaeidae with a revision of the North American species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 220: 1-75 [41] .
Type species: Oxaea nigerrima Friese, 1912
by original designation.
Heteroxaea
Engel, M. S. (2015). A review of the genera and subgenera of Oxaeinae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). J. Melittology 52: 1-18 [8] (proposed as a subgenus of Mesoxaea) .
Type species: Mesoxaea rufescens Hurd & Linsley, 1976
by original designation.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Distrito Federal, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora), United States of America (Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz)
References
Michener, C. D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [303] (Comparative note, distribution, as Protoxaea (Mesoxaea))
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 07 Feb 2022