Monoeca mexicana (Radoszkowski, 1884)
Epeicharis mexicanus
Radoszkowski, O. (1884). Quelques nouveaux hyménoptéres d’Amerique. Horae Societas Entomologica Rossica 18: 17-22 [18] .
Type data: holotype ZMB <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba.
Tetrapedia saussurei
Friese, H. (1899). Monographie der Bienengattungen Exomalopsis, Ptilothrix, Melitoma und Tetrapedia. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 14 (3): 247-304 [301] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <M>.
Subsequent designation: Aguiar, A. J. C. (2007). Tapinotaspidini Roig-Alsina & Michener, 1993 pp. 608-632 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. [619] .
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba.
Tetrapedia saussurei fusciventris
Friese, H. (1899). Monographie der Bienengattungen Exomalopsis, Ptilothrix, Melitoma und Tetrapedia. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 14 (3): 247-304 [301] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <M>.
Subsequent designation: Aguiar, A. J. C. (2007). Tapinotaspidini Roig-Alsina & Michener, 1993 pp. 608-632 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. [619] .
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba.
Tetrapedia saussurei grisescens
Friese, H. (1899). Monographie der Bienengattungen Exomalopsis, Ptilothrix, Melitoma und Tetrapedia. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 14 (3): 247-304 [301] .
Type data: syntype whereabouts unknown <M> (Syntypes were not found in the ZMB collection).
Type locality: Mexico.
Tetrapedia saussurei fuliginosa
Friese, H. (1925). Neue neotropische Bienenarten, zugleich II. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 86 (2): 1-41 [25] (nom. nud. (This name is clearly a lapsus for Tetrapedia saussurei var. fusciventris Friese, 1899)) .
Tetrapedia saussurei salviae
Friese, H. (1925). Neue neotropische Bienenarten, zugleich II. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 86 (2): 1-41 [25] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <M> , paralectotype ZMB <M>.
Subsequent designation: Aguiar, A. J. C. (2007). Tapinotaspidini Roig-Alsina & Michener, 1993 pp. 608-632 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. [619] .
Type locality: Costa Rica, San José.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (San José), Mexico (Jalisco), Panama
References
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