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Melissoptila tandilensis Holmberg, 1884
Melissoptila tandilensis Holmberg, E. L. (1884). Viajes al Tandil y a la Tinta, 2nd Parte, Zoologia, Insectos. I. Himenópteros- Hymenoptera. Act. Acad. Nac. Cienc. Córdoba (Rep. Arg.) 5: 117-136 [120] .
Type data: syntype MACN <M> (Probable syntype according to Michener & Moure (1956:287)).
Type locality: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Tandil.

Thyreothremma rhopalocera Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus [.]. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [393] .
Type data: syntype MACN <M>.
Type locality: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Chacabuco.

Macrocera linearis Vachal, J. (1904). Voyage de M. G. A. Baer au Tucuman (Argentine). Hymenoptera Mellifera (Familia unica: Apidae). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 23: 9-26 [20] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <F>.
Type locality: Argentina, Tucumán, Tapia.

Tetralonia crassipes Friese, H. (1906). Resultate einer Reise des Herrn A. C. Jensen-Haarup in die Gegend von Mendoza (Argentina). Flora Fauna 8 (3): 89-102 [91] .
Type data: syntype AMNH <F> , syntype NMW <F> , syntype ZMB <F><M>.
Type locality: Argentina, Salta; Argentina: Mendoza, Chacras de Coria; Salta, '2500 mtr.'; Tucumán, '2000 mtr.'.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Jujuy, Mendoza, Salta, Santa Fé, Tucumán), Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul [Erechim]), Chile (Biobío)

References

Bertoni, A. W. (1918). Contribución al conocimiento de las Tetralonias sudamericanas - Hym. An. Cient. Paraguayos (2) 3: 210-218 [215, 216] (Descriptive note (as Melissoptila rhopalocera))
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 [593] (Taxonomy (as Melissoptila (Thyreothremma)))
Brèthes, J. (1909). Notas himenopterológicas. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires (3) 19: 219-223 [221] (Taxonomy (as Thyreothremma rhopalocera))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [252]
Friese, H. (1908). Die Apidae (Blumenwespen) von Argentina nach den Reisenergebnissen der Herren A. C. Jensen-Haarup und P. Jörgensen in den Jahren 1904-1907 [reprint with change in pagination (pp. 331-425 in original)]. Flora Fauna 10: 1-94 [44] (Taxonomy (as Tetralonia crassipes))
Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus [.]. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [383] (Synonymy, distribution)
Jensen-Haarup, A. C. (1908). Biological researches amongst the Argentine bees with special reference to flowers they visit. Flora Fauna 10: 95-107 [102] (Flower record (as Tetralonia crassipes))
Jörgensen, P. (1909). Beobachtungen über Blumenbesuch, Biologie, Werbreitung usw. der Bienen von Mendoza. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 53-65 [60] (Citation (as Tetralonia crassipes), flower record, distribution)
Jörgensen, P. (1909). Beobachtungen über Blumenbesuch, Biologie, Verbreitung usw. Der Bienen von Mendoza. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 211-227 [224] (Citation (as Tetralonia crassipes))
Jörgensen, P. (1912). Revision der Apiden der Provinz Mendoza, Republica Argentina (Hym.). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 32: 89-162 [152]
Jörgensen, P. (1912). Los crisídidos y los hymenopteros aculeatos de la Província de Mendoza. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 22: 267-338 [317] (Flower record)
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 [37] (Type specie)
Michener, C. D. & Moure, J. S. (1956). The generic positions of certain South American eucerine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 7 (5): 277-290 [287] (New combination)
Moure, J. S. (1943). Notas sôbre abelhas da coleção Zikán (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 14 (3): 447-484 [483]
Moure, J. S. & Michener, C. D. (1955). A contribution toward the classification of Neotropical Eucerini (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 6 (6): 239-331 [243, 301, 305, 329] (Type genus)
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 (Tetralonia crassipes))
Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [604] (Taxonomy (as Thyreothremma rhopalocera))
Schrottky, C. (1903). Enumération des hyménopteres connus jusqu'ici de la République Argentine, de l'Uruguay et du Paraguay. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 55: 176-186 [182] (Catalog, distribution (as Macrocera (Melissoptila)))
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [257, 258] (Catalog (as Tetralonia linearis and Melissoptila (Thyreothremma)))
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, 28, 29, 32, 34, 36, 38] (Listed, key, synonymy, catalog, redescription, distribution)
Urban, D. (1998). Espécies novas de Melissoptila Holmberg da América do Sul e notas taxonômicas (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 15 (1): 1-46 [11, 27, 36, 40] (Comparative note, key)
Vachal, J. (1904). Voyage de M. G. A. Baer au Tucuman (Argentine). Hymenoptera Mellifera (Familia unica: Apidae). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 23: 9-26 [20, 33] (Taxonomy (as Macrocera))

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