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Chalepogenus Holmberg, 1903
Chalepogenus Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus [.]. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [416] .
Type species: Chalepogenus incertus Holmberg, 1903 ( = Chalepogenus muelleri Friese) by subsequent designation, see Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [537] .

Schrottkya Friese, H. (1908). Eine neue Bienengattung Corbicula aus Argentina. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 8: 170-172 [170] .
Type species: Tetrapedia goeldiana Friese, 1899 by subsequent monotypy, see 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 [58] .

Desmotetrapedia Schrottky, C. (1909). Hymenoptera nova. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 67: 209-228 [223] .
Type species: Tetrapedia muelleri Friese, 1899 by original designation.

Lanthanella Michener, C. D. & Moure, J. S. (1957). A study of the classification of the more primitive non-parasitic anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 112 (5): 395-452 [417] (Proposed as Lanthanomelissa (Lanthanella)) .
Type species: Lanthanomelissa completa Michener & Moure, 1957 by original designation.

Tapinorhina Michener, C. D. & Moure, J. S. (1957). A study of the classification of the more primitive non-parasitic anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 112 (5): 395-452 [421] (Proposed as Tapinotaspis (Tapinorhina)) .
Type species: Exomalopsis caerulea Friese, 1906 by original designation.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chubut, Corrientes, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Salta, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul [Bagé, Caçapava Do Sul, Lavras Do Sul, Pelotas, Porto Alegre, Quaraí, Santana Da Boa Vista, São Francisco De Paula, Viamão], São Paulo), Chile (Biobío, Cauquenes, Cautín, Choapa, Concepción, Curicó, Elqui, Limarí, Linares, Malleco, San Felipe, Santiago, Talca, Valdivia, Valparaíso, Ñuble), Ecuador (Bolívar, Loja), Paraguay (San Pedro), Peru (Amazonas, Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huánuco, Lima), Uruguay (Florida)

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1914). Bees from Ecuador and Peru. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 22: 306-328 [320] (Taxonomic notes (as Desmotetrapedia))
Cocucci, A. A., Sérsic, A. & Roig-Alsina, A. (2000). Oil-colleting structures in Tapinotaspidini: their diversity, function and probable origin (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mitt. Münch. Entomol. Ges. 90: 51-74 [72, fig.15] (Morphology, phylogeny)
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 [58] (Taxonomy, description, included species (as Tetrapedia (Schrottkya)))
Holmberg, E. L. (1909). Sobre abejas de Mendoza. Apuntes Hist. Nat. 1 (1): 40 [40] (Distribution (as Schrottkya))
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A. (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [562] (Citation (as Desmotetrapedia))
Michener, C. D. (1997). Genus-group names of bees and supplemental family-group names. Sci. Papers, Nat. Hist. Mus., Univ. Kansas 1: 1-81 [14, 19, 32, 54, 57] (Taxonomy (as Chalepogenus, Desmotetrapedia, Lanthanella, Schrottkya and Tapinorhina))
Michener, C. D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [670] (Taxonomic notes, as Chalepogenus (Chalepogenus))
Moure, J. S. (1948). Notas sobre algumas abelhas de Tacanas, Tucumán, Argentina (Hymenopt. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 19 (1-2): 313-346 [337] (Citation (as Chalepogenus and Desmotetrapedia))
Moure, J. S. (1992). Lissopedia, gen. n. de Paratetrapediini para a Região Neotropical, com as descrições de três espécies novas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophoridae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 9 (3-4): 305-317 [305, 306] (Comparative note, citation (as Chalepogenus, Lanthanella and Tapinorhina))
Moure, J. S. (1992). Sobre a posição sistemática de Exomalopsis latitarsis Friese (Apoidea, Anthophoridae, Exomalopsinae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 9 (3-4): 273-276 [274] (Taxonomy, as Tapinorrhina, unjustified emendation of Tapinorhina Michener & Moure, 1957)
Roig-Alsina, A. (1999). Revisión de las abejas colectoras de aceites del género Chalepogenus Holmberg (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Rev. Mus. Argent. Cienc. Nat. (n.s.) 1 (1): 67-101 [67] (Revision)
Rozen, J. G., Jr., Melo, G. A. R., Aguiar, A. J. C. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (2006). Nesting biologies and immature stages of the tapinotaspidine bee genera Monoeca and Lanthanomelissa and of their osirine cleptoparasites Protosiris and Parepeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae). Am. Mus. Novit. 3501: 1-60 [3, 10] (Taxonomy, morphology (as Chalepogenus sp.))
Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [536] (Citation (as Desmotetrapedia))
Urban, D. (1995). Espécies novas de Lanthanomelissa Holmberg e Lanthanella Michener & Moure (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae, Exomalopsinae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 12 (4): 767-777 [767, 773] (Citation, descriptive note (as Lanthanella))

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

Available Species

Chalepogenus bicellularis Roig-Alsina, 1999
Chalepogenus caeruleus (Friese, 1906)
Chalepogenus calceolariae Roig-Alsina, 1999
Chalepogenus clypeolatus Roig-Alsina, 1999
Chalepogenus cocuccii Roig-Alsina, 1999
Chalepogenus crassifasciatus Roig-Alsina, 1999
Chalepogenus goeldianus (Friese, 1899)
Chalepogenus herbsti (Friese, 1906)
Chalepogenus luciane (Urban, 1995)
Chalepogenus muelleri (Friese, 1899)
Chalepogenus neffi Roig-Alsina, 1999
Chalepogenus nigripes (Friese, 1899)
Chalepogenus parvus Roig-Alsina, 1997
Chalepogenus perimelaena (Cockerell, 1916)
Chalepogenus rasmusseni Roig-Alsina, 1999
Chalepogenus roitmani Roig-Alsina, 1999
Chalepogenus rozeni Roig-Alsina, 1999
Chalepogenus rufipes Roig-Alsina, 1999
Chalepogenus subcaeruleus Roig-Alsina, 1999
Chalepogenus unicolor Roig-Alsina, 1999
Chalepogenus vogeli Roig-Alsina, 1999