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Lanthanomelissa Holmberg, 1903
Lanthanomelissa Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus [.]. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [418] .
Type species: Lanthanomelissa discrepans Holmberg, 1903 by monotypy.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Misiones), Brazil (Paraná [Castro, Curitiba], Rio Grande do Sul [Bagé, Canguçu, Caçapava Do Sul, Cruz Alta, Gramado, Guaíba, Lavras Do Sul, Morro Redondo, Osório, Porto Alegre, Santana Da Boa Vista, São Francisco De Paula, Viamão], Santa Catarina [Mafra, Rio Negrinho, Seara], São Paulo [Campos Do Jordão])

References

Ducke, A. (1912). Die natürlichen Bienengenera Südamerikas. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 34: 51-116 [97] (Partim (as Anthophorula))
Michener, C. D. (1944). Comparative external morphology, phylogeny, and a classification of the bees (Hymenoptera). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 82 (6): 151-326 [272] (Citation)
Michener, C. D. (1963). Some future developments in taxonomy. Syst. Zool. 12 (4): 151-172 [156] (Taxonomy)
Michener, C. D. (1997). Genus-group names of bees and supplemental family-group names. Sci. Papers, Nat. Hist. Mus., Univ. Kansas 1: 1-81 [32] (Taxonomy)
Michener, C. D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [670] (Taxonomic notes)
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 [405, 406, 417, 422] (Systematics, tables, taxonomic notes, key, citation)
Moure, J. S. (1948). Notas sobre algumas abelhas de Tacanas, Tucumán, Argentina (Hymenopt. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 19 (1-2): 313-346 [337]
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 [306] (Citation)
Roig-Alsina, A. (1997). A generic study of the bees of the tribe Tapinotaspidini, with notes on the evolution of their oil-collecting structures. Mitt. Münch. Entomol. Ges. 87: 3-21 [17] (Citation)
Sakagami, S. F., Laroca, S. & Moure, J. S. (1967). Wild bee biocoenotics in São José dos Pinhais (PR), south Brazil. J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI. Zool. 16 (2): 253-291 [258, 271] (Table, citation)
Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [562] (Catalog, synonymy)
Schrottky, C. (1909). Aus den Sitzungen. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 795 [795] (Taxonomy (as Anthophorula))
Urban, D. (1995). Espécies novas de Lanthanomelissa Holmberg e Lanthanella Michener & Moure (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae, Exomalopsinae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 12 (4): 767-777 [767, 768] (Citation, key to species)
Vogel, S. (1974). Ölblumen und Ölsammelnde Bienen. Mainz: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Vol. 7 267 pp. [228] (Citation, as Lanthanomelisa [sic])

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

Available Species

Lanthanomelissa betinae Urban, 1995
Lanthanomelissa clementis Urban, 1995
Lanthanomelissa discrepans Holmberg, 1903
Lanthanomelissa magaliae Urban, 1995
Lanthanomelissa pampicola Urban, 1995