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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

Ayala, R. (1988). Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomol. Mex. 77: 395-493 [403] (Citation (as as Monoeca mexicana))
Ayala, R. (2004). Fauna de abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) pp. 193-219 in Aldrete, A.N.G. & Ayala, R. (ed.) Artrópodos de Chamela. Mexico: UNAM [200] (Catalog (as Monoeca mexicana))
Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González-Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [461] (Listed, distribution record (as Monoeca mexicana), listed (as Tetrapedia fuliginosa))
Buchmann, S. L. (1987). The ecology of oil flowers and their bees. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 18: 343-369 [356] (Citation, as Tetrapedia saussurei and as Monoeca mexicana)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [9] (Distribution (as Fiorentinia mexicana))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [98, 105] (Listed, distribution, synonymy, citation (as Tetrapedia mexicana, grisescens and fusciventris))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [334] (Taxonomy (as Fiorentinia mexicana))
Ducke, A. (1910). Zur Synonymie der neotropischen Apidae. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1910: 362-369 [369] (Note (as Tetrapedia saussurei))
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Friese, H. (1925). Neue neotropische Bienenarten, zugleich II. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 86 (2): 1-41 [25, 33] (Taxonomic notes (as Tetrapedia saussurei var. grisescens and saussurei var. fuliginosa [nomen nudum and lapsus for fusciventris]), flower record: Leonurus sp., Salvia sp. (Lamiaceae); Malpighia sp. (Malpighiaceae) (as Tetrapedia saussurei var. salviae), parasite (as Tetrapedia saussurei))
Friese, H. (1930). Die Schmarotzerbienengattung Osiris Sm. (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 91: 103-127 [105, 112] (Citation, parasite: Osiris aculeatus; distribution (as Tetrapedia saussurei))
Harter-Marques, B., R. da Cunha & J. S. Moure (2001). Uma nova espécie de Monoeca (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Tapinotaspidini) do Planalto das Araucárias, no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Biociências 9 (1): 99-110 [108] (Comparative note)
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 [569] (Citation (as Tetrapedia mexicana, T. saussurei var. grisescens and T. mexicana fusciventris))
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Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [117] (Distribution (as Fiorentinia mexicana))
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 [425] (Citation, as Monoeca mexicana)
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 Epeicharis mexicanus)
Neff, J. L. & Simpson, B. B. (1981). Oil-collecting structures in the Anthophoridae (Hymenoptera): Morphology, function, and use in systematics. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 54 (1): 95-123 [110] (Taxonomic notes, as Tetrapedia saussurei, T. saussurei var. salviae and Monoeca mexicana)
Noguera, F.A., Rivera J.H.V., Aldrete, A.N.G. & Avendano, M.Q. (2002). Historia natural de Chamela. Mexico: UNAM [218] (List (as Monoeca mexicana))
Novelo-Rincón, L.F., Delfín-González, H., Ayala, R. & Contreras-Acosta, H.H. (2003). Community structure of native bees in four vegetation types in the dry tropics of Yucatan, Mexico. Folia Entomol. Mex. 42 (2): 177-190 [186] (Habitat (as Monoeca mexicana))
Pass, G., Gereben-Krenn, B.A., Merl, M., Plant, J., Szucsich, N.U. & Tögel, M. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships of the orders of Hexapoda: contributions from the circulatory organs for a morphological matrix. Arthropod Syst. Phylogeny 64 (2): 165-203 [189-191, 196] (Phylogeny (as Monoeca mexicana))
Sagot, P., Merida, J., Ayala, R. & Vandame, R. (2018). Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México pp. 191-211 in Escobedo, N., Enríquez, E., Landaverde, P., Martínez, O., Armas, G., Marroquín, A., Hernández, L., Medina, M., Guzmán, M., Zepeda, R., Gruber, T., Straffon, S., Escobar, D., Méndez, C. & Casiá, Q. (ed.) Memorias del X Congreso Mesoamericano de Abejas Nativas. Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala [202] (List (as Monoeca mexicana))
Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [548] (Taxonomy (as Epeicharis))
Shanks, S. S. (1986). A revision of the neotropical bee genus Osiris (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Wasmann J. Biol. 44 (1-2): 1-56 [3] (Citation (as Monoeca mexicana))
Torretta, J.P. & Roig-Alsina, A. (2016). First report of Monoeca in Argentina, with description of two new species. J. Melittology 59: 1-12 [2, 6] (Distribution, comparative note (as Monoeca mexicana))
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