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Protoxaea Cockerell & Porter, 1899
Protoxaea Cockerell, T. D. A. & Porter, W. (1899). Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station - VII. Observations on bees, with descriptions of new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4: 403-421 [410] .
Type species: Megacilissa gloriosa Fox, 1893 by original designation.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: United States of America (New Mexico); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Guerrero, Morelos, Puebla)

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1903). Notes on some genera of bees. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 29: 183-189 [184-188] (Systematic position)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1933). The excessive abundance of certain bees. Am. Nat. 67: 286-288 [288] (Note, distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. & Porter, W. (1899). Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station - VII. Observations on bees, with descriptions of new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4: 403-421 [411] (Key)
Graf, V. (1966). A posição sistemática de Oxaeinae (Hymenoptera- Apoidea). Cienc. Cult. (S. Paulo) 18 (2): 137-138 [137, 138] (Systematic position)
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1976). The bee family Oxaeidae with a revision of the North American species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 220: 1-75 [23] (Taxonomy, key to species)
Linsley, E. G. & Michener, C. D. (1962). Brief notes on the habits of Protoxaea (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 35 (4): 385–389 [385-389] (Biology)
Michener, C. D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [302, 303] (Illustrations, key, comparative notes, distribution)
Michener, C. D & Lange, R. B. (1957). Observations on the ethology of some Brazilian colletid bees (Hymenotpera, Apoidea). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 30 (2): 71-80 [74] (Citation)
Moure, J. S. (1944). Apoidea da coleção do Conde Amadeu A. Barbiellini (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 15 (1-2): 1-18 [4] (Comparative note)
Moure, J. S. & Lucas-de-Oliveira, B. (1962). Novo gênero de Panurginae para a América do Sul (Hymenoptera - Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Fed. Parana, Zool. 15: 1-14 [4] (Note)
Moure, J. S. & Seabra, C. A. C. (1962). A new species of the genus Oxaea from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 70: 235-238 [235] (Descriptive note, distribution)
Rozen, J. G., Jr. (1965). The biology and immature stages of Melitturga clavicornis (Latreille) and of Sphecodes albilabris (Kirby) and the recognition of the Oxaeidae at the family level (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Am. Mus. Novit. 2224: 1-18 [16] (Citation, taxonomic note)

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 07 Feb 2022

Available Species

Protoxaea australis Hurd & Linsley, 1976
Protoxaea gloriosa (Fox, 1893)
Protoxaea micheneri Hurd & Linsley, 1976