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Ancyloscelis Latreille, 1829
Ancyloscelis Latreille, P. A. (1829). Les Insectes in Cuvier, G. C. L. D. (ed.) Règne Animal Vol. 5. Paris: Déterville 2ndnd Edn xxiv+556 pp. [355] .
Type species: Ancylosceles [sic] ursinus Haliday, 1836 by subsequent monotypy, see Haliday, A. H. (1836). Descriptions, &c. of the Hymenoptera pp. 316-331 in Curtis, J., Haliday, A. H. & Walker, F. Descriptions of Hymenoptera collected by Captain King, R. N., F. R. S., in the survey of Straits of Magellan. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 17: 315–359 [320] .

Leptergatis Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus [.]. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [422] .
Type species: Leptergatis halictoides Holmberg, 1903 by subsequent designation, see 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 [592] .

Dipedia Friese, H. (1906). Resultate einer Reise des Herrn A. C. Jensen-Haarup in die Gegend von Mendoza (Argentina). Flora Fauna 8 (3): 89-102 [92] .
Type species: Ancyloscelis armatus Smith, 1854 by subsequent designation, see 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 [592] .

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Brazil (Amapá [Macapá], Bahia [Feira De Santana, Itaeté], Ceará [Baturité, Guaramiranga, Quixadá, Sobral], Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul [Jardim], Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pará, Pernambuco [Caruaru], Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul [Porto Alegre, Quaraí, Rio Grande, Viamão], Roraima, São Paulo [Jundiaí, Rio Claro, São Sebastião]), Ecuador (Guayas), Guatemala (Escuintla), Honduras, Mexico (Yucatan), Panama (Panamá), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central, Cordillera, Guairá), Peru (Huánuco, La Libertad), Uruguay (Montevideo), Venezuela (Yaracuy)

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Available Species

Ancyloscelis apiformis (Fabricius, 1793)
Ancyloscelis bonariensis Brèthes, 1910
Ancyloscelis duckei Friese, 1904
Ancyloscelis ecuadorius Friese, 1904
Ancyloscelis frieseana (Ducke, 1908)
Ancyloscelis gigas Friese, 1904
Ancyloscelis globulifera (Cockerell, 1918)
Ancyloscelis halictoides (Holmberg, 1903)
Ancyloscelis hertigi Michener, 1954
Ancyloscelis mesopotamica (Holmberg, 1903)
Ancyloscelis nigricornis Rodríguez & Roig-Alsina, 2004
Ancyloscelis panamensis Michener, 1954
Ancyloscelis romani (Alfken, 1930)
Ancyloscelis romeroi (Holmberg, 1903)
Ancyloscelis saltensis Rodrígues & Roig-Alsina, 2004
Ancyloscelis turmalis Vachal, 1904
Ancyloscelis ursinus Haliday, 1836
Ancyloscelis wheeleri (Cockerell, 1912)