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Macrotera (Macrotera) bicolor Smith, 1853
Macrotera bicolor Smith, F. (1853). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London: British Museum 1-198 pp. [130] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.1807 <F>.
Type locality: Mexico.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Mexico (Hidalgo, Puebla)

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1896). The bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 48: 25-107 [77] (Note on type)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [321] (Taxonomy, as Perdita)
Snelling, R. R. & Danforth, B. H. (1992). A Review of Perdita, Subgenus Macrotera (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. 436: 1-12 [6] (Taxonomy, descriptive note, illustrations)
Timberlake, P. H. (1954). A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part I. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 9 (6): 345-432 [353, 428] (Taxonomy, distribution, flower record, illustration, as Perdita (Macrotera))
Timberlake, P. H. (1958). A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part III. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 14 (5): 303-410 [375, 377] (Key, citation)

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