Mesoxaea vagans (Fox, 1894)Oxaea vagans Fox, W. J. (1894). Second report on some Hymenoptera from lower California, Mexico. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (2) 4: 92-121 [119] .
Type data: lectotype CAS 286 <M> , paralectotype CAS 285 <F>.
Subsequent designation: 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 [54] .
Type locality: Mexico, Baja California Sur, San José del Cabo, 'El Taste, west side and at 3, 400 feet'.
