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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Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023
Available Species
Melissoptila albinoi Urban, 1998
Melissoptila aliceae Urban, 1998
Melissoptila amazonica Urban, 1998
Melissoptila argentina Brèthes, 1910
Melissoptila aurea Urban, 1998
Melissoptila aureocincta Urban, 1968
Melissoptila bahiana Urban, 1998
Melissoptila boliviana Urban, 1998
Melissoptila bonaerensis Holmberg, 1903
Melissoptila buzzii Urban, 1998
Melissoptila cacerensis Urban, 1998
Melissoptila carinata Urban, 1998
Melissoptila catamarcensis Urban, 1998
Melissoptila chilena Urban, 1998
Melissoptila claudii Urban, 1988
Melissoptila clypeata Urban, 1998
Melissoptila cnecomala (Moure, 1944)
Melissoptila dama (Vachal, 1904)
Melissoptila desiderata (Holmberg, 1903)
Melissoptila ecuatoriana Urban, 1998
Melissoptila fiebrigi Brèthes, 1909
Melissoptila fulvonigra Urban, 1988
Melissoptila grafi Urban, 1998
Melissoptila hirsutula Urban, 1998
Melissoptila inducens Brèthes, 1910
Melissoptila larocai Urban, 1998
Melissoptila marinonii Urban, 1998
Melissoptila micheneri Genaro, 2001
Melissoptila mielkei Urban, 1998
Melissoptila minarum (Bertoni & Schrottky, 1910)
Melissoptila mirnae Urban, 1998
Melissoptila montanicola Urban, 1998
Melissoptila moureana Urban, 1998
Melissoptila ochromelaena (Moure, 1943)
Melissoptila ornata Urban, 1998
Melissoptila pacifica (Cockerell, 1914)
Melissoptila paraguayensis (Brèthes, 1909)
Melissoptila paranaensis Urban, 1998
Melissoptila pinguis (Cresson, 1878)
Melissoptila plumata Urban, 1998
Melissoptila pubescens (Smith, 1879)
Melissoptila renatoi Urban, 1998
Melissoptila richardiae Bertoni & Schrottky, 1910
Melissoptila sertanicola Urban, 1998
Melissoptila setigera Urban, 1998
Melissoptila sexcincta Urban, 1998
Melissoptila similis Urban, 1988
Melissoptila solangeae Urban, 1998
Melissoptila tandilensis Holmberg, 1884
Melissoptila thoracica (Smith, 1854)
Melissoptila trifasciata Urban, 1998
Melissoptila uncicornis (Ducke, 1910)
Melissoptila villosa Urban, 1998
Melissoptila vulpecula Bertoni & Schrottky, 1910