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Peponapis apiculata (Cresson, 1878)
Tetralonia apiculata Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 30: 181-221 [220] .
Type data: holotype ANSP 2362 <F>.
Type locality: Costa Rica.

Tetralonia barbiceps Friese, H. (1916). Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 77: 287-350 [331] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <M>.
Subsequent designation: 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 [838] .
Type locality: Costa Rica, San José.

Tetralonia pyropyga Friese, H. (1916). Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 77: 287-350 [331] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <M>.
Subsequent designation: 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 [839] .
Type locality: Costa Rica, San José.

Tetralonia pyropyga obscurata Friese, H. (1925). Neue neotropische Bienenarten, zugleich II. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 86 (2): 1-41 [20] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F><M>.
Type locality: Costa Rica, San José.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [82, 102] (Comparative note, key, catalog (as Xenoglossa))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Names applied to the eucerine bees of North America. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 43: 261-273 [265] (Bibliography)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Neotropical bees, principally collected by Professor Bruner in Argentina. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 44: 25-38 [34] (Citation (as Xenoglossa))
Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [111]
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [225] (Taxonomy (as Eucera apiculata))
Friese, H. (1925). Neue neotropische Bienenarten, zugleich II. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 86 (2): 1-41 [20] (Citation (as Tetralonia pyropyga))
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] (Citation)
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 [835, 836, 837, 838, 850] (Pollen, table, key, synonymy, distribution)
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1967). South American squash and gourd bees of the genus Peponapis (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 60 (3): 647-661 [649]
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1967). Squash and gourd bees of the genus Xenoglossa (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 60 (5): 988-1007 [1001] (Comparative note, flower records)
Hurd, P. D., Jr., Linsley, E. G. & Whitaker, T. W. (1971). Squash and gourd bees (Peponapis, Xenoglossa) and the origin of the cultivated Cucurbita. Evolution 25 (1): 218-234 [225, 226, 228]
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 [616, 621, 624] (Taxonomy (asTetralonia barticeps [sic], T. pyropyga and Xenoglossa apiculata))

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