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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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Last update : 17 Jul 2023

Available Species

Melissodes (Melissodes) cestus Krombein, 1953
Melissodes (Melissodes) colliciata Cockerell, 1910
Melissodes (Melissodes) crenata LaBerge, 1956
Melissodes (Melissodes) cubensis LaBerge, 1956
Melissodes (Melissodes) flexa LaBerge, 1956
Melissodes (Melissodes) foxi Crawford, 1915
Melissodes (Melissodes) labiatarum Cockerell, 1896
Melissodes (Melissodes) leprieuri (Blanchard, 1846)
Melissodes (Melissodes) martinicensis Cockerell, 1917
Melissodes (Melissodes) morrilli Cockerell, 1918
Melissodes (Melissodes) negligenda Cockerell, 1949
Melissodes (Melissodes) panamensis Cockerell, 1928
Melissodes (Melissodes) paroselae Cockerell, 1905
Melissodes (Melissodes) rufodentata Smith, 1854
Melissodes (Melissodes) stulta LaBerge, 1956
Melissodes (Melissodes) tepaneca Cresson, 1878
Melissodes (Melissodes) tesselata LaBerge, 1956