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Ancyloscelis apiformis (Fabricius, 1793)
Chalcis apiformis Fabricius, J. C. (1793). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae: Christian Gottlieb Proft Vol. 2 1-519 pp. [195] .
Type data: holotype ZMUC <M>.
Type locality: [not indicated].

Ancyloscelis armatus Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [367] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.758 <M>.
Type locality: Brazil.

Anthophora pygmaea Dours, J. M. A. (1869). Monographie iconographique du genre Anthophora Lat. Mem. Soc. Linn. Nord Fr. 2: 5-211 [151] (Originally spelled both as pygmea (p. 56, 151) and pygmaea (p. 209)) .
Type data: Type whereabouts unknown <M>.
Type locality: Mexico.

Nomia tarsalis Westwood, J. O. (1875). Descriptions of some new species of short-tongued bees belonging to the genus Nomia of Latreille. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1875 (3): 207-222 [221] .
Type data: holotype OUM <M>.
Type locality: Brazil.

Melissodes toluca Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 30: 181-221 [219] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2336 <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [132] .
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz.

Exomalopsis chionocincta Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [453] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58511 <F>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Tucumán), Brazil (Amapá [Macapá], Bahia [Feira De Santana], Ceará [Baturité, Guaramiranga, Quixadá, Sobral], Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul [Jardim], Minas Gerais, Pará, Pernambuco [Caruaru], Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul [Porto Alegre, Quaraí], Roraima, São Paulo [São Sebastião]), Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Yucatan), Panama, Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central, Guairá), Peru (Huánuco, La Libertad), Uruguay (Montevideo)

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