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Melissodes (Ecplectica) raphaelis Cockerell, 1896

Melissodes raphaelis Cockerell, T. D. A. (1896). Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. I. Descriptions of new bees collected by Prof. C. H. T. Townsend in the State of Vera Cruz. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 18: 282-295 [292] .
Type data: syntype USNM 3355 <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, San Rafael.

Melissodes atripicta Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [467] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58553 <F>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Veracruz)

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1896). Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. I. Descriptions of new bees collected by Prof. C. H. T. Townsend in the State of Vera Cruz. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 18: 282-295 [292] (Flower record (as Melissodes raphaelis))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [13] (Distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [82, 103, 109, 113] (Comparative note, catalog, distribution, flower record, key)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Names applied to the eucerine bees of North America. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 43: 261-273 [272] (Catalog, distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of bees - XLV. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 21-31 [28] (Redescription, distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [463] (Citation)
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 [1167-1170, 1192] (Synonymy, description, distribution, flower record, misinterpretation of status of type material of Melissodes raphaelis (as Melissodes (Ecplectica) raphaelis))
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A. (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [611] (Catalog)

How to cite this page
D. Urban, J. S. Moure & G. A. R. Melo, 2023. Eucerini Latreille, 1802. In Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at https://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. Accessed Dec/22/2024

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