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Melissodes (Eumelissodes) LaBerge, 1956
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) LaBerge, W. E. (1956). A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part. I (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 37 (18): 912-1194 [1177] .
Type species: Melissodes agilis Cresson, 1878 by original designation.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan), Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro de Arteaga, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas), United States of America (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming); Neotropical Region: Cuba, Guatemala (Alta Verapaz), Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Distrito Federal, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Panama (Chiriquí)

References

LaBerge, W. E. (1957). The genera of bees of the tribe Eucerini in North and Central America (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Am. Mus. Novit. 1837: 1-44 [33]
LaBerge, W. E. (1961). A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 42 (5): 283-663 [286, 287, 290, 292, 293, 294, 355-356, 357-382] (Table, phylogeny, key, description)
Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [548] (Catalog, type (as Epimelissodes))

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

Available Species

Melissodes (Eumelissodes) ambigua Smith, 1879
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) confusa Cresson, 1878
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) coreopsis Robertson, 1905
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) crocina LaBerge, 1961
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) expolita LaBerge, 1961
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) floris Cockerell, 1896
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) interrupta LaBerge, 1961
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) limbus LaBerge, 1961
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) montana Cresson, 1878
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) persimilis Cockerell, 1949
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) personatella Cockerell, 1901
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) pullata Cresson, 1865
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) rustica (Say, 1837)
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) tristis Cockerell, 1894
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) verbesinarum Cockerell, 1905