Microsphecodes Eickwort & Stage, 1972
Sphecodes (Microsphecodes)
Eickwort, G. C. & Stage, G. I. (1972). A new subgenus of neotropical Sphecodes cleptoparasitic upon Dialictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Halictinae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 45 (4): 500-515 [501] .
Type species: Sphecodes kathleenae Eickwort, 1972
by original designation.
Microsphecodes (Baeosphecodes)
Engel, M. S. (2013). A new species of Microsphecodes from Peru, with notes on the classification of the genus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). J. Melittology 24: 1-9 [8] .
Type species: Sphecodes (Microsphecodes) dominicanus Stage, 1972
by original designation.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Paraná [Almirante Tamandaré], São Paulo [Peruíbe, Ubatuba]), Colombia (Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica, Dominica, Jamaica, Peru (Ucayali), Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
References
Eickwort, G. C. & Stage, G. I. (1972). A new subgenus of neotropical Sphecodes cleptoparasitic upon Dialictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Halictinae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 45 (4): 500-515 [501] (List of species)
Engel, M. S. (2006). A new species of Microsphecodes from St. Kitts (West Indies). Mitt. Internat. Entomol. Ver. 31 (1-2): 51-54 [54] (Host records, distribution)
Engel, M. S. (2013). A new species of Microsphecodes from Peru, with notes on the classification of the genus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). J. Melittology 24: 1-9 [2] (Taxonomy)
Michener, C. D. (1978). The parasitic groups of Halictidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 51 (10): 291–339 [306, 317-319] (Revision, summary of host information)
Michener, C. D. (1979). New and little-known halictine bees from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 52 (1): 180–208 [199] (Taxonomy (descr. notes, geogr. range))
Michener, C. D., Breed, M. D. & Bell, W. J. (1979). Seasonal cycles, and social behavior of some Colombian halictine bees (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). Rev. Biol. Trop. 27 (1): 13-34 [29] (Parasitism)
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