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Macrotera (Macrotera) Smith, 1853

Macrotera Smith, F. (1853). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London: British Museum 1-198 pp. [130] .
Type species: Macrotera bicolor Smith, 1853 by monotypy.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Mexico (Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Puebla)

References

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)
Snelling, R. R. & Danforth, B. H. (1992). A Review of Perdita, Subgenus Macrotera (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. 436: 1-12 [1] (Taxonomy)
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 [352] (Taxonomy, key to species)
Timberlake, P. H. (1958). 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 III. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 14 (5): 303-410 [375] (Key to species)

How to cite this page
J. S. Moure & G. A. R. Melo, 2022. Perditini Robertson, 1922. 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/04/2024

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