Melissodes (Melissodes) Latreille, 1829
Melissodes
Latreille, P. A. (1829). Les Insectes in Cuvier, G. C. L. D. (ed.) Règne Animal Vol. 5. Paris: Déterville 2ndnd Edn xxiv+556 pp. [354] .
Subsequent designation: International Comission on Zoological Nomenclature (1965). Opinion 750. Melissodes fonscolombei Romand, 1841 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): Suppressed under the plenary powers. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 22: 220-221 [220] .
Type species: Melissodes leprieuri Blanchard, 1846
by designation under Plenary Powers, see International Comission on Zoological Nomenclature (1965). Opinion 750. Melissodes fonscolombei Romand, 1841 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): Suppressed under the plenary powers. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 22: 220-221 [220] .
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Distrito Federal, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Sonora, Zacatecas), United States of America (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Utah); Neotropical Region: Bahamas, Brazil (Roraima [Caracaraí]), Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, French Guiana (Cayenne), Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Panama (Panamá), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
References
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, 289, 290, 293, 294] (Table, phylogeny, key)
Moure, J. S. & Michener, C. D. (1955). A contribution toward the classification of Neotropical Eucerini (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 6 (6): 239-331 [249, 293] (Key, redescription, note, distribution)
Urban, D. (1973). As espécies sulamericanas do gênero Milissodes [sic] (Latreille, 1829) (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rev. Bras. Biol. 33 (2): 201-220 [207] (Comparative note)
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