Ericrocis lata (Cresson, 1878)
Crocisa lata
Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 7: 61-136 [91] .
Type data: holotype ANSP 2486 <M>.
Type locality: USA, Texas.
Ericrocis rugosa
Fox, W. J. (1893). Report on some Mexican Hymenoptera, principally from lower California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: 1-25 [19] .
Type data: holotype CAS 277 <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Baja California, Santa Maria.
Ericrocis arizonensis
Baker, C. F. (1906). American bees related to Melecta. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 142-145 [143] .
Type data: holotype USNM 100293 <M>.
Type locality: USA, Arizona, Oracle.
Ericrocis melectoides
Baker, C. F. (1906). American bees related to Melecta. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 142-145 [144] .
Type data: holotype USNM 100295 <F> (The holotype was described as a male, but according to Linsley (1939:466) it is a female).
Type locality: USA, Arizona, Oracle.
Ericrocis rossi
Linsley, E. G. (1939). A revision of the nearctic Melectinae (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 32: 429-468 [467] .
Type data: holotype CAS 4775 <F> , paratype CAS 4776 <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Baja California Sur, 10 miles NW of San Bartolo.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Snelling, R. R. & Zavortink, T. J. (1984). A revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Ericrocis (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Wasmann J. Biol. 42 (1-2): 1-26 [7]
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, Sonora, Tamaulipas), United States of America (Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma)
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 (as Ericrocis lata))
Baker, C. F. (1906). American bees related to Melecta. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 142-145 [142, 143, 144, 145] (Cited, note, key, description, comparative notes (as Ericrocis lata, E. arizonensis and E. melectoides))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1898). Tables for the determination of New Mexico bees. Bull. Univ. N. Mexico 1: 41-73 [61] (Diagnosis, flower and distribution records (as Ericrocis lata))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [9] (Listed, distribution (as Ericrocis rugosa))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1923). Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. The bees (I). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4) 12: 73-103 [93] (Distribution record, taxonomic notes (as Ericrocis arizonensis, E. rugosa, E. lata and E. melectoides))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1925). Bees in the Collection of California Academy of Sciences. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 14 (11): 185-215 [201] (Distribution and flower records (as Ericrocis arizonensis))
Cresson, E. T. (1887). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico (together with a catalogue of the described species, and bibliography). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 14 (suppl.): 1-350 [298] (Catalog, distribution (as Ericrocis lata))
Linsley, E. G. (1939). A revision of the nearctic Melectinae (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 32: 429-468 [463-467] (Taxonomy, species revision, key, description, distribution and flower records, putative host (as Ericrocis lata, E. rugosa, E. arizonensis and E. rossi))
Michener, C. D. (1944). Comparative external morphology, phylogeny, and a classification of the bees (Hymenoptera). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 82 (6): 151-326 [200] (Cited (as Ericrocis arizonensis))
Snelling, R. R. & Zavortink, T. J. (1984). A revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Ericrocis (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Wasmann J. Biol. 42 (1-2): 1-26 [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10-20, 21, 22, 24, 25] (Cited, illustrations, morphology, taxonomy, key, synonymy, description, comparative notes, distribution, map, flower records, biology, comparative table (as Ericrocis lata and Ericrosis [sic] lata))
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023