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Melissodes (Eumelissodes) rustica (Say, 1837)
Macrocera rustica
Say, T. (1837). Descriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 1 (4): 393-416 [406] .
Type data: syntype <F><M> (Type material destroyed).
Type locality: USA, Indiana.
Melissodes assimilis
Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [114] .
Type data: syntype BMNH 17B.862 <F><M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Oaxaca.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan), United States of America (Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Durango, Oaxaca)
References
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [329] (Citation (as Melissodes ambigua), descriptive note (as assimilis))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [102] (Catalog, distribution (as Melissodes ambigua))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Names applied to the eucerine bees of North America. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 43: 261-273 [267] (Note)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [466] (Citation (as assimilis))
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 [358, 361, 372, 543-556] (Revision, synonymy, distribution, tables, flower records)
LaBerge, W. E. & Moure, J. S. (1962). Type specimens of American Eucerini bees deposited in the British Museum (Hymenoptera- Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Fed. Paraná, Zool. 1 (11): 1-12 [7] (Taxonomy (as ambigua and assimilis))
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023