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Ptilothrix Smith, 1853
Ptilothrix 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. [131] .
Type species: Ptilothrix plumata Smith, 1853 by monotypy.

Emphor Patton, W. H. (1879). Generic arrangement of the bees allied to Melissodes and Anthophora. Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Territ. 5: 471-479 [476] .
Type species: Melissodes bombiformis Cresson, 1878 by original designation.

Teleutemnesta Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus [.]. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [400] .
Type species: Teleutemnesta fructifera Holmberg, 1903 by subsequent designation, see Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Neotropical bees, principally collected by Professor Bruner in Argentina. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 44: 25-38 [36] .

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Zacatecas); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz), Brazil (Ceará [Baturité, Caridade, Piquet Carneiro, Quixadá], Maranhão [Codó, São Luís], Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul [Bonito, Ponta Porã, Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais, Paraná [Palmeira], Pará, Rio Grande do Norte [Açu], Rio Grande do Sul [Canguçu, Caçapava Do Sul, Pelotas, Viamão], Santa Catarina [Blumenau], São Paulo [Guarulhos, Jundiaí, Monte Alegre Do Sul, São Carlos, São Paulo]), Ecuador, Mexico (Michoacán, Puebla, Veracruz), Paraguay

References

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Last update : 17 Jul 2023

Available Species

Ptilothrix albidohirta Brèthes, 1910
Ptilothrix bifax (Vachal, 1909)
Ptilothrix chacoensis Brèthes, 1910
Ptilothrix concolor Roig-Alsina, 2007
Ptilothrix corrientium Strand, 1910
Ptilothrix fructifera (Holmberg, 1903)
Ptilothrix fuliginosa (Friese, 1910)
Ptilothrix heterochroa Cockerell, 1919
Ptilothrix lynchii Brèthes, 1910
Ptilothrix nemoralis Roig-Alsina, 2007
Ptilothrix nigerrima (Friese, 1906)
Ptilothrix nigrita Friese, 1899
Ptilothrix plumata Smith, 1853
Ptilothrix relata (Holmberg, 1903)
Ptilothrix scalaris (Holmberg, 1903)
Ptilothrix sumichrasti (Cresson, 1878)
Ptilothrix tricolor (Friese, 1906)
Ptilothrix vulpihirta (Cockerell, 1912)