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Lanthanomelissa discrepans Holmberg, 1903
Lanthanomelissa discrepans Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus [.]. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [419] .
Type data: lectotype MACN <F>.
Subsequent designation: 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 [18] .
Type locality: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Chacabuco.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Córdoba), Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul [Bagé, Caçapava Do Sul, Lavras Do Sul, Santana Da Boa Vista, Viamão])

References

Brèthes, J. (1909). Notas himenopterológicas. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires (3) 19: 219-223 [223] (Synonymy (as Anthophorula goeldiana, misidentification).)
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 [55, fig.9] (Morphology; flower record: Sisyrinchium chilense, S. laxum, S. micrathum, S. pachyrrhizum, S. platense, S. setaceum (Iridaceae); distribution)
Cocucci, A. A. & Vogel, S. (2001). Oil-producting flowers of Sisyrinchium species (Iridaceae) and their pollinators in southern South America. Flora 196: 26-46 [36, fig. 12c, e, f] (Behavior; flower record: Sisyrinchium chilense, S. laxum, S. pachyrhysum, S. plantense, S. pachyryzum, S. cetaceaum (Iridaceae))
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] (Misidentification (as Tetrapedia (Schrottkya) goeldiana))
Machado, I.C. (2004). Oil-collecting bees and related plants: a review of the studies in the last twenty years and case histories of plants occurring in NE Brazil pp. 255-280 in Freitas, B.M. & Pereira, J.O.P. (ed.) Solitary bees: conservation, rearing and management for pollination. Fortaleza: Editora Imprensa Universitária [269] (Catalog (as Lanthanomelissa discrepans))
Pinheiro, M., Alves-dos-Santos, I. & Sazima, M. (2017). Flowers as sleeping places for male bees: somehow the males know which flowers their females prefer. Arthropod Plant Interact. 11 (3): 329-337 [329-335] (Floral record, biology, cited, figure, floral record, figure, behavior, catalog, behavior, biology (as Lanthanomelissa discrepans))
Pinheiro, M., Gaglianone, M.C., Sigrist, Nunes, C. E. P., Sigrist, M. R., & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (2014). Polinização por abelhas pp. 205-233 in Rech, A.R., Agostini, K., Oliveira, P.E. & Machado, I.C. (ed.) Biologia da polinização. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Projeto Cultural [217] (Biology (as Lanthanomelissa discrepans))
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 [18, fig.7-9, 24] (Morphology; phylogeny; flower record: Sisyrinchium platense (Iridaceae); distribution)
Schlindwein, C. (1998). Frequent oligolecty characterizing a diverse bee–plant community in a xerophytic bushland of Subtropical Brazil. Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ. 33 (1): 46-59 [49] (Flower record: Sisyrinchium micrathum, S. sp. 2 (Iridaceae), Spilanthes arnicoides (Asteraceae))
Schlindwein, C. (2004). Are oligolectic bees always the most effective pollinators? pp. 231-240 in Freitas, B.M. & Pereira, J.O.P. (ed.) Solitary bees: conservation, rearing and management for pollination. Fortaleza: Editora Imprensa Universitária [235] (Catalog (as Lanthanomelissa discrepans))
Somavilla, A., Schoeninger, K., Nogueira, D.S. & Kohler, A. (2018). Diversidade de abelhas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) e visitação floral em uma área de Mata Atlântica no Sul do Brasil. EntomoBrasilis 11 (3): 191-200 [193] (Catalog (as Lanthanomelissa discrepans))
Urban, D. (1995). Espécies novas de Lanthanomelissa Holmberg e Lanthanella Michener & Moure (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae, Exomalopsinae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 12 (4): 767-777 [775, fig.4] (Taxonomic notes)
Wittmann, D. & Hoffmann, M. (1990). Bees of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 70: 17-43 [23] (Distribution, as Lanthanomelissa (Lanthanomelissa))

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