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Trophocleptria obscuripes (Cockerell, 1917)
Epeolus bifasciatus obscuripes
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1917). Descriptions and records of bees. LXXVII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20: 298-304 [298] .
Type data: holotype USNM 22351 <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, Medellin.
Epeolus schmidti
Friese, H. (1925). Neue neotropische Bienenarten, zugleich II. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 86 (2): 1-41 [32] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <M> , paralectotype ZMB <F>.
Subsequent designation: Onuferko, T. M. (2019). A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico. Euro. J. Taxon. 563: 1-69 [41] .
Type locality: Costa Rica: San José; 'Mateo' [probably San Mateo, in Alajuela].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Onuferko, T. M. (2019). A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico. Euro. J. Taxon. 563: 1-69 [41]
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Querétaro de Arteaga, Sonora); Neotropical Region: Belize (Cayo), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Puntarenas, San José), El Salvador (La Libertad), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz), Honduras (Cortés, Santa Bárbara), Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Morelos, Nuevo Léon, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan)
References
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1932). Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard Expeditions of 1929-1930. Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 27 (1): 9-17 [12] (Distribution, descriptive note, flower record, as Epeolus bifasciatus obscuripes)
Moure, J. S. & Melo, G. A. R. (2007). Nomadini Latreille, 1802 pp. 578-599 in Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia xiv+1058 pp. [586, 593] (Catalog, as Epeolus schmidti and partim, as Trophoclepteria fulvopilosa)
Onuferko, T. M. (2019). A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico. Euro. J. Taxon. 563: 1-69 [41] (Species revision, synonymy, as Epeolus obscuripes)
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023