Macrotera (Macroteropsis) Ashmead, 1899
Macroteropsis
Ashmead, W. H. (1899). Classification of the bees, or the superfamily Apoidea. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 26: 49-100 [85] .
Type species: Perdita latior Cockerell, 1896
by original designation.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Sonora), United States of America (Arizona); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Chihuahua, Nayarit, Sinaloa)
References
Cockerell, T. D. A. & Porter, W. (1899). Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station - VII. Observations on bees, with descriptions of new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4: 403-421 [417] (Descriptive note)
Danforth, B. N. (1996). Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of the Perdita subgenera Macrotera, Macroteropsis, Macroterella and Cockerellula (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 55 (16): 635-692 [640, 669] (Phylogeny, taxonomy, descriptive note)
Timberlake, P. H. (1954). A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part I. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 9 (6): 345-432 [356] (Taxonomy, key to species)
Timberlake, P. H. (1962). A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part V. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 28 (1): 1-124 [87] (Key to species)
Timberlake, P. H. (1980). Supplementary studies on the systematics of the genus Perdita (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). II. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 85: 1-65 [2] (Key)
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Last update : 07 Feb 2022