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Melissoptila Holmberg, 1884

Melissoptila Holmberg, E. L. (1884). Viajes al Tandil y a la Tinta, 2nd Parte, Zoologia, Insectos. I. Himenópteros- Hymenoptera. Act. Acad. Nac. Cienc. Córdoba (Rep. Arg.) 5: 117-136 [119] .
Type species: Melissoptila tandilensis Holmberg, 1884 by monotypy.

Thyreotremata Holmberg, E. L. (1887). Viaje á Misiones. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cienc. Cordoba 10: 5-391 [225] (nom. nud. Althought this name has been also attributed to Sandhouse (1943:604) by Moure & Michener (1955:305), as explained by Michener (1997:58) it is not to be considered available since it was listed in synonymy) .

Thyreothremma Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus [.]. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [391] .
Type species: Thyreothremma rhopalocera Holmberg, 1903 ( = Melissoptila tandilensis Holmberg) by subsequent designation, see Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [604] .

Ptilomelissa Moure, J. S. (1943). Notas sôbre abelhas da coleção Zikán (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 14 (3): 447-484 [482] .
Type species: Melissoptila bonaerensis Holmberg, 1903 by original designation.

Melissoptila (Comeptila) Moure, J. S. & Michener, C. D. (1955). A contribution toward the classification of Neotropical Eucerini (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 6 (6): 239-331 [304] .
Type species: Thyreothremma paraguayensis Brèthes, 1909 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Moure, J. S. & Michener, C. D. (1955). A contribution toward the classification of Neotropical Eucerini (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 6 (6): 239-331 [301]
Urban, D. (1998). Espécies novas de Melissoptila Holmberg da América do Sul e notas taxonômicas (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 15 (1): 1-46 [1]

Distribution

Nearctic Region: United States of America (Texas); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia (Oruro), Brazil (Alagoas [Quebrangulo], Amazonas [Parintins, Tefé], Bahia [Itapetinga, Itatim, Jequié, Maracás, Vitória Da Conquista], Ceará [Baturité], Distrito Federal [Distrito Federal], Espírito Santo [Afonso Cláudio, Baixo Guandu, Santa Teresa], Goiás [Goiânia], Maranhão [Caxias, Codó], Mato Grosso [Cuiabá, Cáceres, Nossa Senhora Do Livramento], Mato Grosso do Sul [Jardim, Três Lagoas], Minas Gerais [Aimorés, Araxá, Bambuí, Barbacena, Cataguases, Cássia, Delfinópolis, Governador Valadares, Ibiaí, Ibiá, Ouro Preto, Passos, Perdizes, Rio Piracicaba, Sacramento, Santa Juliana, Santo Antônio Do Itambé, São Gotardo, São João Batista Do Glória, Tapira, Varginha, Volta Grande], Paraná [Campina Grande Do Sul, Castro, Curitiba, Jaguariaíva, Lapa, Laranjeiras Do Sul, Morretes, Palotina, Pinhais, Piraquara, Ponta Grossa, Quatro Barras, São José Dos Pinhais, Telêmaco Borba], Paraíba [Santo André], Pará, Pernambuco [Caruaru], Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul [Alegrete, Cambará Do Sul, Canela, Canguçu, Caçapava Do Sul, Erechim, Esteio, Nova Petrópolis, Osório, Pelotas, Porto Alegre, Quaraí, São Francisco De Paula, São Lourenço Do Sul, Tenente Portela, Uruguaiana, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Itatiaia, Nova Friburgo, Petrópolis, Rio De Janeiro, Santa Maria Madalena], Santa Catarina [Joinville, Mafra, Seara, Três Barras], São Paulo [Batatais, Botucatu, Campos Do Jordão, Itararé, Moji Mirim, Monte Alegre Do Sul, Registro, Rio Claro, Salesópolis, São Paulo]), Chile (Biobío, Concepción, Elqui, Santiago), Cuba, Ecuador (Azuay, Guayas, Loja), Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Guerrero, Veracruz), Panama (Panamá), Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Cordillera, Itapúa), Peru (Loreto)

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How to cite this page
D. Urban, J. S. Moure & G. A. R. Melo, 2023. Eucerini Latreille, 1802. In Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at https://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. Accessed Oct/02/2026

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023