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Triepeolus intrepidus (Smith, 1879)
Epeolus intrepidus Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [102] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.521 <M>.
Type locality: Mexico.

Triepeolus digueti Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Une nouvelle abeille du Mexique. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 165- [165] .
Type data: syntype MNHP <F>.
Type locality: Mexico, Oaxaca, Silacayoapan.

Epeolus nobilis 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 [85] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <M> (according to Rightmyer (2008:72) the lectotype label gives 'M. Argentini'. She suggests that the specimen might come from the town of Argentina, in Chiapas, Mexico).
Subsequent designation: Rightmyer, M. G. (2008). A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Triepeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae).- Part I. Zootaxa 1710: 1-170 [72] .
Type locality: 'Argentina'.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chihuahua, Hidalgo, México, Nuevo León, Zacatecas), United States of America (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca)

References

Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González-Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [462] (Listed, distribution records (as Triepeolus digueti))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [9] (Distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [314] (Key)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Names applied to the eucerine bees of North America. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 43: 261-273 [265] (Parasite (as Triepeolus digueti))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1928). Supplementary notes on Colorado bees, with a list of all the genera. Univ. Colo. Stud. 16 (2): 99-126 [108] (Key (as Triepeolus digueti))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [460] (Citation)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [329]

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