Svastra (Epimelissodes) Ashmead, 1899
Epimelissodes
Ashmead, W. H. (1899). Classification of the bees, or the superfamily Apoidea. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 26: 49-100 [63] .
Type species: Melissodes atripes Cresson, 1872
by original designation.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Nuevo León); Neotropical Region: Guatemala, Mexico (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz)
References
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [79, 82] (Key)
LaBerge, W. E. (1956). A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part. I (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 37 (18): 912-1194 [914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 920, 923-939] (Phylogenetic note, citation, key, description, note)
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 [22, 25] (Citation)
LaBerge, W. E. (1958). Notes on the North and Central American bees of the genus Svastra Holmberg (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 31 (4): 266-273 [266] (Citation)
LaBerge, W. E. (1961). A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 42 (5): 283-663 [284] (Citation)
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 [593, 595] (Citation, catalog)
Michener, C. D., LaBerge, W. E. & Moure, J. S. (1955). Some American Eucerini bees. Dusenia 6 (6): 213-230 [213, 219, 279] (Note, citation, description, comparative note)
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abelhas de Monte Alegre (Est. S. Paulo) (Hym. - Apoidea). Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 6 (10): 103-126 [115] (Note)
Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [548] (Catalog)
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [257, 259, 283] (Citation, note, comparative table)
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023