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Peponapis pruinosa (Say, 1837)
Macrocera pruinosa 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 [405] .
Type data: syntype whereabouts unknown <F><M> (Types probably destroyed according to Hurd & Linsley (1964:453).
Type locality: 'United States'.

Xenoglossa (Peponapis) howardi Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Descriptions and records of bees. LXXXI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 2: 418-425 [420] .
Type data: holotype USNM <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Distrito Federal.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico, United States of America; Neotropical Region: Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Puebla, Veracruz)

References

Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1964). The squash and gourd bees- genera Peponapis Robertson and Xenoglossa Smith- Inhabiting America North of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Hilgardia 35 (15): 375-477 [426, 448] (Species revision (as Peponapis howardi and P. pruinosa))
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1966). The Mexican squash and gourd bees of the genus Peponapis (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 59 (4): 835-851 [844, 845] (Distribution, synonymy, comparative note)
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 [625] (Catalog (as Xenoglossa howardi and X. pruinosa))

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