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Mesoplia rufipes (Perty, 1833)
Crocisa rufipes Perty, J. A. M. (1833). Delectus animalium articulatorum, quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maxilimiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto collegerunt Dr. J. B. de Spix et Dr. C. F. Ph. de Martius. Fasc. 3. München: Author's edition 125-224, pls. 25–40 pp. [149] (According to Diller (1990:78), the type is missing from the ZSM collection; however, according to Moure (1960:4), a male specimen at ZSM identified as Melissa azurea should be considered the holotype of Crocisa rufipes) .
Type data: holotype ZSM <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Piauí.

Melissa charruana Holmberg, E. L. (1884). Sobre algunos himenópteros de la República Oriental del Uruguay. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 18: 201-228 [205] .
Type data: holotype MACN <M>.
Type locality: Uruguay, Colonia.

Mesoplia spinipes Hiller, B. & Wittmann, D. (1994). Seasonality, nesting biology and mating behavior of the oil-collecting bee Epicharis dejeanii (Anthophoridae, Centridini). Biociências 2 (1): 107-124 [112] (nom. nud.) .

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul [Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais, Piauí, Santa Catarina [Rio Dos Cedros], São Paulo [Batatais, Jundiaí, Vitória Brasil]), Paraguay, Uruguay

References

Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González-Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [458] (Listed, distribution records (misidentification, as Mesoplia (Mesoplia) rufipes))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [324] (Catalog (as Melissa charruana and M. azurea))
Diller, E. (1990). Die von Spix und Martius 1817-1820 in Brasilien gesammelten und von J. A. M. Perty 1833 bearbeiteten Hymenopteren in der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Spixiana (Munich) 13 (1): 61-81 [78, 81] (Note on type material of Crocisa rufipes, list (as Crocisa rufipes))
Ducke, A. (1902). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden Bienen. Allg. Z. Entomol. 7: 417-421 [421] (Taxonomy (as Melissa azurea))
Ducke, A. (1905). Zur Abgrenzung der neotropischen Schmarotzerbienengattungen aus der nächsten Verwandtschaft vom Melissa Sm. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 5: 227-229 [229] (Citation (as Melissa azurea))
Ducke, A. (1908). Zur Kenntnis der Schmarotzerbienen Brasiliens. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 8: 99-104 [99, 100] (Taxonomy (as Melissa azurea))
Ducke, A. (1908). Zur Kenntnis der Schmarotzerbienen Brasiliens. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 8: 44-47 [45] (Taxonomy (as Melissa azurea))
Ducke, A. (1912). Die natürlichen Bienengenera Südamerikas. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 34: 51-116 [106] (Taxonomy, synonymy (as Mesonychium (Mesoplia) azureum and M. (Mesoplia) charruanum))
Friese, H. (1912). Neue and wenig bekannte Bienenarten der neotropischen Region. Arch. Naturgesch., Abt. A 78 (6): 198-226 [201] (Catalog (as Melissa charruana and azurea))
Friese, H. (1923). Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der schwedischen entomologischen reise des Herrn Dr. A. Roman in Amazonas 1914-15. 8. Apidae. Ark. Zool. 15 (13): 1-8 [6] (Taxonomy (as Melissa azurea))
Holmberg, E. L. (1884). Sobre algunos himenópteros de la República Oriental del Uruguay. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 18: 201-228 [206] (Taxonomy (as Melissa))
Holmberg, E. L. (1887). Sobre ápidos nómadas de la República Argentina. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 23: 17-33 [18] (Distribution (as Melissa charruana))
Lima, F.V.O. & Silvestre, R. (2017). Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 107 (supl.): 1-14 [9] (Disitribution record)
Luz, D.R., & Althoff, S.L (2009). Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae: range extensions and new state records from Santa Catarina, Brazil. Check List 5 (4): 863-865 [863] (Distribution record)
Moure, J. S. (1943). Abelhas de Batatais (Hym. Apoidea). Arq. Mus. Paranaense 3: 145-203 [191] (Distribution record, synonymy (as Mesoplia bifrons rufipes))
Moure, J. S. (1960). Notas sobre os tipos de abelhas do Brasil descritas por Perty em 1833 (Hymenoptera - Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Fed. Parana, Zool. 1 (6): 1-23 [4] (Synonymy, systematic, male redescription, original description, transcription)
Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [570] (Taxonomy (as Melissa azurea))
Schrottky, C. (1902). Ensaio sobre as abelhas solitarias do Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paul. 5: 330-613 [495, 497] (Taxonomy, distribution (as Melissa azurea))
Schrottky, C. (1903). Enumération des hyménopteres connus jusqu'ici de la République Argentine, de l'Uruguay et du Paraguay. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 55: 176-186 [183] (Catalog, distribution (as Melissa charruana))
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [265] (Listed, distribution records, synonymy (as Melissa bifrons))
Schrottky, C. (1920). Himenopteros nuevos o poco conocidos sudamericanos. Rev. Mus. Paul. 12 (2): 179-227 [221, 222] (Synonymy, distribution record (as Mesoplia bifrons rufipes and M. bifrons charruana))
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [111] (Distribution)
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [280] (Synonymy, distribution (as Melissa))
Strand, E. (1910). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Hymenopterenfauna von Paraguay. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 455-562 [552] (Taxonomy (as Melissa azurea))

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