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Xenoglossa Smith, 1854
Xenoglossa Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [315] .
Type species: Xenoglossa fulva Smith, 1854 by monotypy.

Xenoglossa (Eoxenoglossa) Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1970). A classification of the squash and gourd bees Peponapis and Xenoglossa (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 62: 1-39 [34] .
Type species: Melissodes strenua Cresson, 1878 by original designation.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Distrito Federal, Guanajuato, México, Querétaro de Arteaga, Sinaloa, Sonora), United States of America (Arizona); Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz), Nicaragua

References

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Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [14] (Catalog)
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023

Available Species

Xenoglossa crawfordi Cockerell, 1910
Xenoglossa fulva Smith, 1854
Xenoglossa gabbii (Cresson, 1878)