APIDAE Apinae Eucerini Svastra Svastra (Epimelissodes)
Svastra (Epimelissodes) nitida LaBerge, 1956
Melissodes (Epimelissodes) nitida
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 [969] .
Type data: holotype SEMK <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Oaxaca, 4 miles E of Tapanatepec, 700 feet altitude.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Nuevo León); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla)
References
LaBerge, W. E. (1956). Catalogue of the types in the Snow Entomological Museum. Part I (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 38 (7): 501-531 [506] (Taxonomy (as Melissodes))
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 [272] (Descriptive note, distribution records (as Svastra (Epimelissodes) nitida))
LaBerge, W. E. (1963). Records of the genus Svastra in North America with descriptions of a new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 36 (1): 52-56 [55] (Note, distribution)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023