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Mesoplia azurea (Lepeletier & Serville, 1825)
Mesocheira azurea Lepeletier, A. L. M. & Serville, J. G. A. (1825). [Articles] pp. 1–344 in M. Diderot et al. (ed.) Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes, vol. 10, P. A. Latreille. Paris: Agasse [106] .
Type data: syntype MSNT <F><M> (In Moure's notes, the female and male from Spinola's collection, in Torino, were interpreted as types, despite being labelled as from Cayenne. See also Casolari & Casolari-Moreno (1980)).
Type locality: Guadeloupe.

Melissa imperialis Ashmead, W. H. (1900). Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the Islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 2: 207-367 [211] .
Type data: syntype USNM 6398 <F><M> , syntype BMNH 17B.492, 17B.493 <M><F>.
Type locality: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Dominica, Guadeloupe, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

References

Ashmead, W. H. (1900). Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the Islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 2: 207-367 [301] (Catalog, distribution (as Melissa))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1909). Descriptions and records of bees. XXIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 4: 393-504 [400] (Distribution, synonymy (as Melissa))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of bees- XLIV. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 9: 554-568 [567] (Citation (as Melissa imperialis))
Crawford, J. C. (1914). Hymenoptera, superfamilies Apoidea and Chalcidoidea, of the Yale- Dominican Expedition of 1913. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47: 131-134 [132] (Distribution (as Melissa imperialis))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [324] (Taxonomy (as Melissa))
Ducke, A. (1912). Die natürlichen Bienengenera Südamerikas. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 34: 51-116 [106] (Taxonomy, synonymy (as Mesonychium (Mesoplia) azureum))
Friese, H. (1902). Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. (Hym). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 2: 196-201 [200] (Catalog, distribution (as Melissa))
Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [457] (Redescription)
Moure, J. S. (1943). Abelhas de Batatais (Hym. Apoidea). Arq. Mus. Paranaense 3: 145-203 [192] (Synonymy)
Moure, J. S. (1960). Notes on the types of the Neotropical bees described by Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Stud. Entomol. (Rio J.) 3 (1-4): 97-160 [136] (Descriptive note (as Mesoplia imperialis))
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]
Schrottky, C. (1920). Himenopteros nuevos o poco conocidos sudamericanos. Rev. Mus. Paul. 12 (2): 179-227 [221] (Synonymy (as Mesoplia bifrons azurea))

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