APIDAE ›› Colletinae ›› Xeromelissini

Chilicola Spinola, 1851

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Hidalgo, México); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Catamarca, Chubut, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Alagoas [Quebrangulo], Bahia [Ilhéus, Wenceslau Guimarães], Ceará [Baturité, Quixadá], Goiás, Minas Gerais [Barbacena], Paraná [Curitiba, Jaguariaíva, Lapa], Rio Grande do Norte [Serra Negra Do Norte], Rio Grande do Sul [Caçapava Do Sul], São Paulo [Salesópolis]), Chile (Aisen, Antofagasta, Atacama, Biobío, Cauquenes, Cautín, Colchagua, Concepción, Copiapó, Coquimbo, Curicó, Elqui, Huasco, Limarí, Magallanes, Malleco, Osorno, Santiago, Talca, Valdivia, Valparaiso, Valparaíso, Ñuble), Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Boyaca, Caldas, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (Cartago, Puntarenas, San José), Dominican Republic, Ecuador (Azuay, Chimborazo, Loja, Manabi, Napo, Pichincha, Tungurahua), El Salvador (San Salvador), Guatemala (Zacapa), Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Panama (Chiriquí), Paraguay, Peru (Amazonas, Ancash, Apurímac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cuzco, Huánuco, Junín, Pasco), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela (Apure, Aragua, Distrito Federal, Mérida, Trujillo)

References

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

Available SubGenus

Chilicola (Anoediscelis) Toro & Moldenke, 1979
Chilicola (Capitatiscopa) Packer, 2008
Chilicola (Chilicola) Spinola, 1851
Chilicola (Chilioediscelis) Toro & Moldenke, 1979
Chilicola (Heteroediscelis) Toro & Moldenke, 1979
Chilicola (Hylaeosoma) Ashmead, 1898
Chilicola (Obesicola) Packer, 2008
Chilicola (Oediscelis) Philippi, 1866
Chilicola (Oediscelisca) Moure, 1946
Chilicola (Oroediscelis) Michener, 2002
Chilicola (Prosopoides) Friese, 1908
Chilicola (Pseudiscelis) Friese, 1906
Chilicola (Stenoediscelis) Toro & Moldenke, 1979
Chilicola (Toroediscelis) Packer, 2008
Chilicola (Unicarinicola) Packer, 2008

Unplaced Species

Chilicola cupheae (Schrottky, 1905)
Chilicola liliana Packer, 2007
Chilicola longitarsa Spinola, 1851
Chilicola setosicornis Packer, 2007