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Melissoptila pubescens (Smith, 1879)
Melissodes pubescens Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [113] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.853 <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Vila Nova.

Melissoptila malvacearum Brèthes, J. (1910). Himenópteros argentinos. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires (3) 20: 205-316 [300] .
Type data: holotype MACN <F>.
Type locality: Argentina, Jujuy.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Jujuy, Salta), Brazil (Amazonas [Parintins], Goiás [Goiânia], Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul [São Lourenço Do Sul])

References

Bertoni, A. W. (1918). Contribución al conocimiento de las Tetralonias sudamericanas - Hym. An. Cient. Paraguayos (2) 3: 210-218 [215, 216] (Descriptive note, citation)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [244] (Taxonomy (as Eucera))
Ducke, A. (1910). Explorações botânicas e entomológicas no Estado do Ceará. Rev. Trim. Inst. Ceará 24: 3-61 [48] (Distribution, flower record (as Eucera (Macrocera)))
Ducke, A. (1910). Contribution a la connaissance de la faune hyménoptérologique du Nord-Est du Brésil. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 28 (3): 78-96 [95] (Description, distribution, flower record, key (as Eucera))
LaBerge, W. E. & Moure, J. S. (1962). Type specimens of American Eucerini bees deposited in the British Museum (Hymenoptera- Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Fed. Paraná, Zool. 1 (11): 1-12 [4] (New combination, redescription (as Melissoptila (Ptilomelissa)))
Michener, C. D. & Moure, J. S. (1956). The generic positions of certain South American eucerine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 7 (5): 277-290 [286] (Taxonomy (as Melissoptila (Ptilomelissa) malvacearum))
Moure, J. S. & Michener, C. D. (1955). A contribution toward the classification of Neotropical Eucerini (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 6 (6): 239-331 [304] (Citation (as Melissoptila (Ptilomelissa)pubescens and M. malvacearum))
Schrottky, C. (1902). Ensaio sobre as abelhas solitarias do Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paul. 5: 330-613 [523] (Taxonomy (as Macrocera))
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [258] (Catalog, distribution (as Melissoptila malvacearum))
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 [28, 32, 33, 56, 71-74, 85] (Listed, key, comparative note, catalog, note on the type, 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 [33, 37, 45] (Taxonomic note, key)
Wittmann, D. & Hoffmann, M. (1990). Bees of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 70: 17-43 [24] (Distribution record)

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