Melissoptila minarum (Bertoni & Schrottky, 1910)
Melissodes (Epimelissodes) melochiae
Bertoni, A. W. & Schrottky, C. (1910). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der mit Tetralonia verwandten Bienen aus Südamerika. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 563-596 [581] .
Type data: syntype MZUSP <F><M>.
Type locality: Paraguay, Itapúa, Encarnación.
Melissodes (Epimelissodes) minarum
Bertoni, A. W. & Schrottky, C. (1910). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der mit Tetralonia verwandten Bienen aus Südamerika. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 563-596 [582] .
Type data: syntype AMNH 25174 <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais.
Melissoptila pterocauli
Bertoni, A. W. & Schrottky, C. (1910). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der mit Tetralonia verwandten Bienen aus Südamerika. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 563-596 [592] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: Paraguay, Alto Paraná, Puerto Bertoni.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones), Brazil (Bahia [Jequié], Espírito Santo [Santa Teresa], Minas Gerais [Delfinópolis, Ibiá, Passos, Rio Piracicaba, Varginha, Volta Grande], Paraná [Castro, Curitiba, Ponta Grossa, São José Dos Pinhais], Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro [Itatiaia, Petrópolis], Santa Catarina [Seara], São Paulo [Batatais, Botucatu, Monte Alegre Do Sul]), Paraguay (Itapúa)
References
Bertoni, A. W. (1918). Contribución al conocimiento de las Tetralonias sudamericanas - Hym. An. Cient. Paraguayos (2) 3: 210-218 [211, 214, 215, 216] (Citation, descriptive note (as Epimelissodes melolochiae), citation (as Melissoptila pterocauli))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Neotropical bees, principally collected by Professor Bruner in Argentina. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 44: 25-38 [31] (Citation (as Melissodes melochiae and Melissoptila minarum))
Laroca, S. (1970). Notas adicionais sôbre a bionomia das espécies de Melissoptila que ocorrem nas vizinhanças de Curitiba, Paraná. (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Fed. Parana, Zool. 3 (15): 293-306 [295, 296, 297, 299, 304, 305] (Ecology, distribution and flower records (as Melissoptila (Ptilomelissa) minarum))
Moure, J. S. (1943). Notas sôbre abelhas da coleção Zikán (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 14 (3): 447-484 [482] (Distribution, note (as Epimelissodes minarum), comparative note (as Ptilomelissa pterocauli))
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abelhas de Monte Alegre (Est. S. Paulo) (Hym. - Apoidea). Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 6 (10): 103-126 [115] (Distribution, description, redescription (as Epimelissodes))
Moure, J. S. & Michener, C. D. (1955). A contribution toward the classification of Neotropical Eucerini (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 6 (6): 239-331 [304] (Citation, new combination (as Melissoptila (Ptilomelissa) minarum), citation (as Melissoptila (Ptilomelissa) melochiae and M. pterocauli))
Ramos, K.S., Kawada, R. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2015). Type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 55 (24): 335-361 [345] (Note on type material (as Melissodes (Epimelissodes) melochiae, Melissodes (Epimelissodes) minarum))
Rasmussen, C., Garcete-Barrett, B. R. & Gonçalves, R. B. (2009). Curt Schrottky (1874-1937): South American entomology at the beginning of the 20th century (Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera). Zootaxa 2282: 1–50 [31] (Note on type material of Melissodes (Epimelissodes) melochiae)
Sakagami, S. F., Laroca, S. & Moure, J. S. (1967). Wild bee biocoenotics in São José dos Pinhais (PR), south Brazil. J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI. Zool. 16 (2): 253-291 [264, 270, 272] (Tables, flower records (as pterocauli))
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [257, 258] (Catalog, distribution (as Epimelissodes melochiae and Melissoptila pterocauli))
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [123] (Distribution)
Urban, D. (1968). As espécies do gênero Melissoptila Holmberg, 1884 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 13: 1-94 [27, 32, 34, 63, 64-67, 85] (Listed, key, catalog, redescription, distribution, variation, comparative note)
Urban, D. (1998). Espécies novas de Melissoptila Holmberg da América do Sul e notas taxonômicas (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 15 (1): 1-46 [34, 36, 41, 43] (Morphologic note, key)
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