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Alayoapis nigrescens (Cresson, 1869)
Megacilissa ? nigrescens Cresson, E. T. (1869). Notes on Cuban Hymenoptera, with descriptions of new species. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 2: 293-298 [295] .
Type data: holotype IESH [Gundlach coll.] <M>.
Type locality: Cuba, Oriente, Yateras.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Cuba

References

Ashmead, W. H. (1900). Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the Islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 2: 207-367 [305] (Catalog, distribution)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [191] (Distribution)
Friese, H. (1898). Monographie der Bienengattungen Megacilissa, Caupolicana, Diphaglossa und Oxaea. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 13 (1): 59-88 [70] (Taxonomy (original description, transcription))
Friese, H. (1902). Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. (Hym). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 2: 196-201 [196, 197] (Distribution, catalog)
Michener, C. D. (1966). The classification of the Diphaglossinae and North American species of the genus Caupolicana (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 46 (20): 717-751 [745] (Taxonomic notes, distribution, note on type material, as Caupolicana (Alayoapis))
Urban, D. & Moure, J. S. (2001). Catálogo de Apoidea da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). II. Diphaglossinae. Rev. Bras. Zool. 18 (1): 1-34 [3] (Taxonomy, misinterpretation of type material)

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