APIDAE Apinae Protepeolini
Leiopodus Smith, 1854
Leiopodus
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [252] .
Type species: Leiopodus lacertinus Smith, 1854
by monotypy.
Protepeolus
Linsley, E. G. & Michener, C. D. (1937). Some new genera and species of North American parasitic bees. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 13: 75-84 [75] .
Type species: Protepeolus singularis Linsley & Michener, 1937
by original designation.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas), United States of America; Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Rio Negro, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Brazil (Amazonas [Tefé], Bahia [Ilhéus, Jequié], Ceará [Aurora, Piquet Carneiro, Quixadá], Espírito Santo [Domingos Martins, Fundão, Itaguaçu, Itarana, Santa Teresa], Maranhão [Codó, Imperatriz, São Luís], Mato Grosso [Cáceres], Mato Grosso do Sul [Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais [Araxá, Jacuí, Passos, Poços De Caldas, Varginha], Paraná [Jacarezinho, Paranaguá, Ponta Grossa], Paraíba [São João Do Cariri], Pará [Maracanã, Óbidos], Rio Grande do Norte [Ceará-Mirim], Rio Grande do Sul [Esteio, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Duque De Caxias, Rio De Janeiro, Silva Jardim, São Gonçalo], Santa Catarina [Joinville, Seara, São Francisco Do Sul], São Paulo [Botucatu, Campinas, Guarulhos, Jundiaí, Mogi Guaçu, Rio Claro], Tocantins [Lagoa Da Confusão]), Colombia (La Guajira, Meta), Costa Rica (San José), Ecuador (El Oro), Guatemala, Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan), Panama, Paraguay, Peru (Cuzco), Venezuela (Carabobo, Guárico, Zulia)
References
Linsley, E. G. & Michener, C. D. (1937). Some new genera and species of North American parasitic bees. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 13: 75-84 [75, 76] (Taxonomy (as Leiopodus and Protepeolus))
Michener, C. D. (1944). Comparative external morphology, phylogeny, and a classification of the bees (Hymenoptera). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 82 (6): 151-326 [214, 279, 296] (Morphology, key, note, distribution (as Protepeolus))
Moure, J. S. (1995). Compsoclepta fasciata, antoforídeo parasita do noroeste da Argentina (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Acta Biol. Paran. (Curitiba) 21 (1-4): 143-148 [145] (Comparative note (as Leiopodus and Protepeolus))
Roig-Alsina, A. (1991). Revision of the cleptoparasitic bee tribe Isepeolini (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (8): 257-288 [258] (Citation)
Roig-Alsina, A. & Rozen, J. G., Jr. (1994). Revision of the cleptoparasitic bee tribe Protepeolini, including biologies and immature stages (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 3099: 1-27
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023
Available Species
Leiopodus abnormis (Jörgensen, 1912)
Leiopodus lacertinus Smith, 1854
Leiopodus nigripes Friese, 1908
Leiopodus singularis (Linsley & Michener, 1937)
Leiopodus trochantericus Ducke, 1907