+Moure's Bee Catalogue

Peponapis melonis (Friese, 1925)

Tetralonia (Xenoglossa) melonis Friese, H. (1925). Neue neotropische Bienenarten, zugleich II. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 86 (2): 1-41 [21] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <M>.
Subsequent designation: Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1967). South American squash and gourd bees of the genus Peponapis (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 60 (3): 647-661 [659] .
Type locality: Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Ecuador

References

Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1967). South American squash and gourd bees of the genus Peponapis (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 60 (3): 647-661 [648, 650, 651, 652, 657, 659, 660] (New combination, distribution, flower record, key)
Hurd, P. D., Jr., Linsley, E. G. & Whitaker, T. W. (1971). Squash and gourd bees (Peponapis, Xenoglossa) and the origin of the cultivated Cucurbita. Evolution 25 (1): 218-234 [226, 228] (Taxonomy (as Peponapis (Austropeponapis)))
Moure, J. S. & Michener, C. D. (1955). A contribution toward the classification of Neotropical Eucerini (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 6 (6): 239-331 [300]

How to cite this page
D. Urban, J. S. Moure & G. A. R. Melo, 2023. Eucerini Latreille, 1802. 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 Jun/16/2024

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023