Mesoplia decorata (Smith, 1854)
Melissa decorata
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [280] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.496 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Tapajós.
Melissa itaitubina
Ducke, A. (1902). As especies paraenses do genero Euglossa Latr. Bol. Mus. Para. Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 3 (3/4): 561-579 [578] .
Type data: holotype MPEG <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Itaituba.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Mato Grosso, Pará [Alenquer, Itaituba, Óbidos], São Paulo), Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama (Chiriquí), Venezuela
References
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [316] (Note)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1910). Some neotropical bees. Psyche 17: 142-144 [143]
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19: 41-61 [61] (Distribution)
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Cockerell, T. D. A. (1913). Descriptions and records of bees - LIV. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 12: 368-376 [372] (Citation, distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1917). Descriptions and records of bees. LXXV. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 19: 473-481 [478] (Note, distribution (as Mesonychium decoratum))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1922). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 4. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 60 (18): 1-20 [6] (Distribution (as Mesonychium decoratum))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [324]
Dominique, J. (1898). Coup d'oeil sur les melliféres sud-américains du Muséum de Nantes. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 8 (1): 57-65 [61] (Citation)
Ducke, A. (1905). Zur Abgrenzung der neotropischen Schmarotzerbienengattungen aus der nächsten Verwandtschaft vom Melissa Sm. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 5: 227-229 [229] (Systematic position)
Ducke, A. (1908). Zur Kenntnis der Schmarotzerbienen Brasiliens. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 8: 99-104 [99, 100] (Note, synonymy, distribution)
Ducke, A. (1910). Zur Synonymie der neotropischen Apidae. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1910: 362-369 [366] (Distribution)
Ducke, A. (1912). Die natürlichen Bienengenera Südamerikas. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 34: 51-116 [106] (Taxonomy (as Mesonychium (Mesoplia) decoratum))
Friese, H. (1912). Neue and wenig bekannte Bienenarten der neotropischen Region. Arch. Naturgesch., Abt. A 78 (6): 198-226 [201, 205, 206] (Catalog, redescription, distribution, citation)
Meade-Waldo, G. (1913). Notes on the Apidae (Hymenoptera) in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 12: 92-103 [94] (Taxonomy (as Mesonychium (Mesoplia) decoratum))
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [146] (Synonymy, distribution record (misidentification, as Mesoplia decoratum))
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 [5] (Descriptive note)
Schrottky, C. (1902). Ensaio sobre as abelhas solitarias do Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paul. 5: 330-613 [498]
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)
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