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Kelita (Kelita) Sandhouse, 1943
Herbstiella Friese, H. (1916). Neue Bienen-Arten aus Chile und Südamerika. (Gatt. Camptopoeum, Psaenythia und Panurginus Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 77: 163-174 [168] (junior homonym of Herbstiella Stimpson, 1871) .
Type species: Herbstiella chilensis Friese, 1916 by monotypy.

Kelita Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [561] (nom. nov. for Herbstiella Friese, 1916) .
Type species: Herbstiella chilensis Friese, 1916 .

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Chile (Copiapó, Elqui, Santiago, Valparaíso, Ñuble)

References

Chiappa, E., Rojas, M. & Toro, H. (1990). Clave para los géneros de abejas de Chile (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Rev. Chil. Entomol. 18: 67-81 [68, 70] (List, key)
Ehrenfeld, J. & Rozen, J. G., Jr. (1977). The cuckoo bee genus Kelita, its systematics, biology, and larvae. Am. Mus. Novit. 2631: 1-24 [7-12] (Catalog, diagnosis, description)
Michener, C. D. (1996). A review of the genera of Brachynomadini and a new South American genus (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Nomadinae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 69 (1): 87-96 [88, 89] (Key, citation, catalog, distribution)
Rozen, J. G., Jr. (1997). New taxa of brachynomadine bees (Apidae: Nomadinae). Am. Mus. Novit. 3200: 1-26 [4, 5] (Key, comparative note)

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023

Available Species

Kelita (Kelita) chilensis (Friese, 1916)
Kelita (Kelita) penai Ehrenfend & Rozen, 1977
Kelita (Kelita) toroi Ehrenfend & Rozen, 1977
Kelita (Kelita) tuberculata Ehrenfeld & Rozen, 1977