Mesoplia ornata (Spinola, 1841)
Mesocheira ornata
Spinola, M. (1841). Hyménoptères recueillis a Cayenne en 1839 par M. Leprieur, pharmacien de la Marine Royale. Seconde Partie. Porte-Aiguillons. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 10: 85-149 [145] .
Type data: holotype MSNT <F> (According to Moure's notes, the type is probably a specimen under the manuscript name 'maculiventris' in Spinola's collection. See also Casolari & Casolari-Moreno (1980:149)).
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: French Guiana (Cayenne)
References
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 (as Mesonychium (Mesoplia)ornatum))
Friese, H. (1912). Neue and wenig bekannte Bienenarten der neotropischen Region. Arch. Naturgesch., Abt. A 78 (6): 198-226 [201] (Catalog)
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [282] (Taxonomy (as Melissa))
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023