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Melissodes (Eumelissodes) montana Cresson, 1878
Melissodes montana
Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 30: 181-221 [202] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2309 <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [124] .
Type locality: USA, Colorado.
Melissodes hirsuta
Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [116] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.838 <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Oaxaca.
Eucera oajacana
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [242] (unnecessary nom. nov. for Melissodes hirsuta Smith, 1879) .
Melissodes atrifera
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1910). Descriptions and records of bees.- XXVI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 5: 256-264 [256] .
Type data: holotype ZMB 1335 <M>.
Type locality: Mexico.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas), United States of America (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Jalisco, Oaxaca, Puebla)
References
Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González-Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [459] (Listed, distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Names applied to the eucerine bees of North America. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 43: 261-273 [268, 270, 271] (Catalog (as Melissodes atrifera, M. montana and M. oajacena [sic]))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [241, 242] (Catalog (as Eucera montana and E. oajacana))
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