Melissodes (Ecplectica) Holmberg, 1884
Ecplectica
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 [123] .
Type species: Ecplectica tintinnans Holmberg, 1884
by monotypy.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, San Juan, Santa Fé, Tucumán), Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz), Brazil (Bahia [Caculé, Ilhéus, Itatim, Jequié, Maracás, Vitória Da Conquista], Ceará [Baturité, Caridade], Espírito Santo [Barra De São Francisco, Colatina, Fundão, Itaguaçu, Santa Leopoldina, Santa Teresa], Goiás [Goiânia], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bonito], Minas Gerais [Alpinópolis, Araxá, Barbacena, Belo Horizonte, Brasópolis, Cássia, Delfinópolis, Guaxupé, Ibiá, Itajubá, Jacuí, Juiz De Fora, Passos, Perdizes, Poços De Caldas, Pratápolis, Sacramento, Santa Bárbara, São Sebastião Do Paraíso, Varginha], Paraná [Antonina, Colombo, Curitiba, Foz Do Iguaçu, Maringá, Morretes, Palotina, Ponta Grossa, São José Dos Pinhais, Tibagi], Paraíba [Santa Luzia], Pará [Belém], Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul [Alegrete, Bagé, Esteio, Osório, Piratini, Planalto, Porto Alegre, Quaraí, São Marcos, Tenente Portela, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Duque De Caxias, Itatiaia, Petrópolis, Rio De Janeiro], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Joinville, Seara], São Paulo [Barueri, Botucatu, Campos Do Jordão, Guarulhos, Itatiba, Jundiaí, Ribeira, Ribeirão Preto, Rio Claro, São Sebastião]), Chile (Arica), Costa Rica (San José), Dominica, Ecuador (Guayas), Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (Veracruz), Paraguay, Peru (Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huánuco, Lima, Loreto), Puerto Rico, Uruguay (Montevideo), Virgin Islands (USA)
References
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Holmberg, E. L. (1884). Sobre algunos himenópteros de la República Oriental del Uruguay. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 18: 201-228 [203] (Citation)
Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus [.]. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [429, 430] (Key)
Holmberg, E. L. (1909). Sobre abejas de Mendoza. Apuntes Hist. Nat. 1 (1): 40 [40] (Note)
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Michener, C. D. (1944). Comparative external morphology, phylogeny, and a classification of the bees (Hymenoptera). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 82 (6): 151-326 [281, 284] (Citation, distribution)
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Urban, D. (1968). As espécies do gênero Melissoptila Holmberg, 1884 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 13: 1-94 [22] (Comparative note)
Urban, D. (1973). As espécies sulamericanas do gênero Milissodes [sic] (Latreille, 1829) (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rev. Bras. Biol. 33 (2): 201-220 [205, 207] (Redescription, redescription)
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