Hopliphora Lepeletier, 1841
Hopliphora
Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [458] .
Type species: Mesocheira velutina Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
by monotypy.
Oxynedys
Schrottky, C. (1902). Ensaio sobre as abelhas solitarias do Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paul. 5: 330-613 [491] .
Type species: Oxynedis beroni Schrottky, 1902
( = Hopliphora velutina Lepeletier & Serville)
by original designation.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina (Chaco), Brazil (Amazonas, Goiás, Mato Grosso [Poconé], Mato Grosso do Sul [Corumbá, Miranda, Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pará [Almeirim], Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo [Campinas, Jundiaí])
References
Snelling, R. R. & Brooks, R. W. (1985). A review of the genera of cleptoparasitic bees of the tribe Ericrocini (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. 369: 1-34 [15] (Diagnosis, description, comments, phylogeny)
Strand, E. (1912). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Hymenopterenfauna von Paraguay. X. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 33: 257-346 + 2 plates [278] (Note on biology (as Melissa))
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023