Peponapis atrata (Smith, 1879)
Melissodes atrata
Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [115] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.1156 <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Oaxaca.
Eucera atratula
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [225] (unnecessary nom. nov. for Melissodes atrata Smith, 1879 due to secondary homonymy with Eucera atrata Klug, 1845) .
Melissodes pernigra
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1896). Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. I. Descriptions of new bees collected by Prof. C. H. T. Townsend in the State of Vera Cruz. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 18: 282-295 [289] .
Type data: syntype whereabouts unknown <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz: San Rafael; 'Paso de Telaya'.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Guatemala, Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)
References
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [13] (Distribution (as Melissodes atrata and M. pernigra))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [329] (Type redescription, systematic position)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [81, 103, 106] (Key, catalog, distribution (as Melissodes atrata and M. pernigra))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Names applied to the eucerine bees of North America. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 43: 261-273 [267, 271] (Catalog, distribution, flower records (as Melissodes atrata and M. pernigra))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Neotropical bees, principally collected by Professor Bruner in Argentina. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 44: 25-38 [30] (Citation)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [466] (Citation)
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1964). The squash and gourd bees- genera Peponapis Robertson and Xenoglossa Smith- Inhabiting America North of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Hilgardia 35 (15): 375-477 [426] (Citation (as Peponapis atrata and P. pernigra))
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1966). The Mexican squash and gourd bees of the genus Peponapis (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 59 (4): 835-851 [835, 836, 837, 838-840, 850] (Citation, table, key, synonymy, note, distribution)
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 [649] (Taxonomy (as Peponapis))
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1967). Squash and gourd bees of the genus Xenoglossa (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 60 (5): 988-1007 [1001] (Comparative note, flower records (as Peponapis))
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 [225, 226, 228, 230] (Tables (as Peponapis (Peponapis)))
LaBerge, W. E. (1956). A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part. I (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 37 (18): 912-1194 [1179] (New combination (as Peponapis pernigra))
LaBerge, W. E. & Moure, J. S. (1962). Type specimens of American Eucerini bees deposited in the British Museum (Hymenoptera- Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Fed. Paraná, Zool. 1 (11): 1-12 [8-9] (Type redescription (as Peponapis (Peponapis)))
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A. (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [597, 610] (Catalog (as Melissodes atrata and M. pernigra))
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