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Mydrosoma opalinum (Smith, 1861)
Apista opalina Smith, F. (1861). Descriptions of new genera and species of exotic Hymenoptera. J. Entomol. 1: 146-155 [148] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.539 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil [according to Moure's notes, from 'Ega', currently Tefé, in the Amazonas].

Mydrosoma metallicum Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [6] .
Type data: syntype BMNH 17A.538 <F> , syntype whereabouts unknown <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Tefé ['Ega'].

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amazonas [Tefé]), Peru

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1904). The bee-genus Apista, etc. Can. Entomol. 36: 357 (Note (as Egapista opalina))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1904). The bee-genus Apista, and other notes. Can. Entomol. 36: 330-331 [330] (Distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [318] (Note, type, distribution (as metallicum))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [36] (Catalog (as metallicum))
Ducke, A. (1910). Zur Synonymie der neotropischen Apidae. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1910: 362-369 [362] (Taxonomy (as Apista metallica))
Ducke, A. (1912). Die natürlichen Bienengenera Südamerikas. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst., Geogr. Biol. Tiere 34: 51-116 [77] (Citation (as Apista metallica))
Michener, C. D. (1986). A review of the tribes Diphaglossini and Dissoglotini (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 53 (4): 183-214 [199] (Taxonomy (redescription, synonymy))
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus. Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8: 67-75 [74] (Taxonomy (listed as Egapista))
Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [575] (Catalog (as Mydrosoma metallicum and Egapista opalina))
Schrottky, C. (1902). Ensaio sobre as abelhas solitarias do Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paul. 5: 330-613 [343] (Redescription, distribution (as metallicum))
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [157] (Listed)
Urban, D. & Moure, J. S. (2001). Catálogo de Apoidea da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). II. Diphaglossinae. Rev. Bras. Zool. 18 (1): 1-34 [29] (Catalog, misinterpretation of status of type material of Apista opalina)

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