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Oxaea Klug, 1807
Dasyglossa Illiger, K. (1807). [Footnote] pp. 217 in Klug, F. Kritische Revision der Bienengattungen in Fabricius neuem Piezatensysteme. Mag. Insektenkd. 6: 200–228 [217] .
Type species: Oxaea flavescens Klug, 1807 by subsequent designation, see Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [544] .

Oxaea Klug, J. C. F. (1807). Oxaea, eine neue Gattung aus der Ordnung der Piezaten. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1: 261–263 [262] .
Type species: Oxaea flavescens Klug, 1807 by monotypy.

Percnoxaea Engel, M. S. (2015). A review of the genera and subgenera of Oxaeinae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). J. Melittology 52: 1-18 [14] (proposed as a subgenus of Oxaea) .
Type species: Oxaea schwarzi Moure & Seabra, 1962 by original designation.

Rhodoxaea Engel, M. S. (2015). A review of the genera and subgenera of Oxaeinae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). J. Melittology 52: 1-18 [13] (proposed as a subgenus of Oxaea) .
Type species: Oxaea rufa Friese, 1899 by original designation.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones, Salta), Brazil (Bahia [Iaçu, Miguel Calmon, Palmeiras, Vitória Da Conquista], Espírito Santo [Sooretama], Goiás [Anápolis, Bonfinópolis, Goianápolis, Leopoldo De Bulhões, Nerópolis, Senador Canedo], Maranhão [Codó, São José De Ribamar, Vitória Do Mearim], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães, Cáceres], Mato Grosso do Sul [Ivinhema], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Nova Lima, Uberlândia, Viçosa], Paraná [Campo Mourão, Jaguariaíva, Palotina, Ponta Grossa], Paraíba, Pará [Belém, Parauapebas], Pernambuco [Caruaru], Rio Grande do Sul [Esmeralda, Santa Cruz Do Sul, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [São José De Ubá], Santa Catarina, São Paulo [Botucatu, Campinas, Corumbataí, Ribeirão Preto, Rio Claro, São Paulo], Tocantins [Esperantina]), Paraguay, Venezuela

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Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 07 Feb 2022

Available Species

Oxaea alvarengai Moure & Urban, 1963
Oxaea austera Gerstaecker, 1867
Oxaea festiva Smith, 1854
Oxaea flavescens Klug, 1807
Oxaea fuscescens Sichel, 1865
Oxaea mourei Graf, 1992
Oxaea rufa Friese, 1899
Oxaea schwarzi Moure & Seabra, 1962
Oxaea sooretama Graf & Urban, 2008
Oxaea stenocoryphe Moure, 1947