Melissoptila pinguis (Cresson, 1878)
Melissodes otomita
Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 30: 181-221 [209] .
Type data: holotype ANSP 2325 <M>.
Type locality: Mexico.
Melissodes pinguis
Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 30: 181-221 [216] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2343 <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [128] .
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz.
Melissodes pinguis velutinellus
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1897). New and little-known bees. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 24: 144-162 [158] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, San Rafael.
Tetralonia joseana
Friese, H. (1916). Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 77: 287-350 [330] .
Type data: syntype NMW <F><M>.
Type locality: Costa Rica, San José.
Exomalopsis rufitecta
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [454] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58515 <F>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.
Exomalopsis rufitecta palliditecta
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [454] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58516 <F>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: United States of America (Texas); Neotropical Region: Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Guerrero, Veracruz), Panama (Panamá)
References
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1897). New and little-known bees. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 24: 144-162 [157] (Distribution, flower record, description (as Melissodes pinguis))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [13] (Distribution (as Melissodes pinguis and M. pinguis var. velutinellus))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [103] (Catalog, distribution (as Melissodes pinguis and M. pinguis velutinella))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Names applied to the eucerine bees of North America. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 43: 261-273 [272] (Catalog, distribution (as Melissodes pinguis and M. pinguis velutinella))
Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [126, 128] (Note on type material of Melissodes otomita and M. pinguis)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [243] (Catalog, as Eucera)
LaBerge, W. E. (1957). The genera of bees of the tribe Eucerini in North and Central America (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Am. Mus. Novit. 1837: 1-44 [38] (Taxonomy (as Melissoptila joseana and M. velutina [sic]))
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 [611, 620] (Catalog (as Melissodes pinguis, M. pinguis velutinella and Tetralonia joseana))
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [133, 134] (Note, distribution (as Ptilomelissa)MICHENERC1954A 133, 134 Distribution, note (as Ptilomelissa pinguis and P. velutinella), distribution, flower records, new combination (as Ptilomelissa joseana))
Michener, C. D. & Moure, J. S. (1957). A study of the classification of the more primitive non-parasitic anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 112 (5): 395-452 [450] (Note on genus assignment, as Melissoptila rufitecta)
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) pinguis), citation (as M. (Ptilomelissa) velutinella), citation, new combination (as M. (Ptilomelissa) joseana))
Urban, D. (1968). As espécies do gênero Melissoptila Holmberg, 1884 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 13: 1-94 [28, 29, 33, 67-69, 70-71] (Listed, key, catalog, note on the types, redescription, distribution)
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