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Epiclopus gayi Spinola, 1851
Epiclopus Gayi Spinola, M. (1851). Himenopteros pp. 153-569 in Gay, C. (ed.) Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile. Zoologia Vol. 6. Paris: Casa del autor 572 pp. [184] .
Type data: syntype MSNT <F><M>.
Type locality: Chile.

Melissa (Epiclopus) gayi albescens Friese, H. (1921). Neue Arten der Schmarotzerbienen. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1920 (1/2): 251-266 [265] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <M>.
Subsequent designation: Vivallo, F. (2014). Taxonomic revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epiclopus Spinola, 1851 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Ericrocidini). Zootaxa 3857 (1): 41-70 [49] .
Type locality: Chile, Concepción.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Chile (Cautín, Concepción, Santiago, Valparaíso)

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1904). New and little-known bees in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 14: 203-208 [207] (Synonymy)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [315, 334] (Taxonomy (as Melecta chilensis))
Ducke, A. (1908). Contributions à la connaissance des hyménoptères des deux Amériques. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 27 (3): 28-55 [40] (Taxonomy (as Melissa))
Ducke, A. (1910). Zur Synonymie der neotropischen Apidae. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1910: 362-369 [366] (Synonymy, new combination (as Melissa))
Ducke, A. (1912). Die natürlichen Bienengenera Südamerikas. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 34: 51-116 [106]
Friese, H. (1910). Zur Bienenfauna des südlichen Argentinien (Hym.). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 641-660 [644, 657] (Distribution, citation)
Friese, H. (1912). Neue and wenig bekannte Bienenarten der neotropischen Region. Arch. Naturgesch., Abt. A 78 (6): 198-226 [201, 214] (Catalog, original description, transcription, distribution, parasite)
Friese, H. (1921). Neue Arten der Schmarotzerbienen. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1920 (1/2): 251-266 [265, 266] (Citation, key)
Gazulla, P. & Ruiz P., F. (1928). Los insectos de la Hacienda de "Las Mercedes". Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 32: 288-305 [302]
Herbst, P. (1917). Nuevas avispas antófilas de Chile (Adipae [sic] Hymenopt.). Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 21 (4/5): 105-112 [105, 106] (Comparative note (as Melissa))
Janvier, H. (1933). Étude biologique de quelques hyménoptères du Chili. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Biol. Anim. (10) 16: 209-356 [326]
Ruiz P., F. (1936). Himenopteros de la Provincia de Coquimbo. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 40: 159-169 [168]
Sichel, J. (1867). Hymenoptera fossoria et mellifera pp. 141–156 in Akademie d. Wissenschaften Wien (ed.) Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologische Teil, 2 Bde.. Wien: Karl Gerold's Sohn [148]
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [250]
Vivallo, F., Zanella, F. C. V. & Toro, H. (2002). Las especies chilenas de Centris (Wagenknechtia) Moure, 1950 (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Acta Entomol. Chil. 26: 59-80 [63] (Citation)
Wagenknecht H., R. (1969). Contribución a la biología de los Apoidea chilenos. An. Mus. Hist. Nat., Valparaiso 2: 171-181 [172-174] (Synonymy, distribution)

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