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Xeromelissa Cockerell, 1926
Xeromelissa Cockerell, T. D. A. (1926). Descriptions and records of bees- CVIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 17: 214-226 [221] .
Type species: Xeromelissa wilmattae Cockerell, 1926 by monotypy.

Chilimelissa Toro, H. & Moldenke, A. (1979). Revision de los Xeromelissinae chilenos (Hymenoptera - Colletidae). An. Mus. Hist. Nat., Valparaiso 12: 95-182 [95] .
Type species: Chilimelissa luisa Toro & Moldenke, 1979 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Packer, L. (2008). Phylogeny and classification of the Xeromelissinae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Colletidae) with special emphasis on the genus Chilicola. Syst. Entomol. 33: 72–96

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Santa Cruz), Chile (Antofagasta, Atacama, Chañaral, Coquimbo, Iquique, Parinacota, Santiago, Tarapaca, Valparaíso, Ñuble), Peru (Arequipa)

References

Chiappa, E., Rojas, M. & Toro, H. (1990). Clave para los géneros de abejas de Chile (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Rev. Chil. Entomol. 18: 67-81 [68, 75] (List, key)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1926). Descriptions and records of bees- CVIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 17: 214-226 [221-222] (Taxonomy (description))
Michener, C. D. (1944). Comparative external morphology, phylogeny, and a classification of the bees (Hymenoptera). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 82 (6): 151-326 [240] (Taxonomy)
Michener, C. D. (1995). A classification of the bees of the subfamily Xeromelissinae (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 68 (3): 332-345 [335, 342-344] (Citation, Key, comparative note, comments, note)
Michener, C. D. (2002). The bee genus Chilicola in the tropical Andes, with observations on nesting biology and a phylogenetic analysis of the subgenera (Hymenoptera: Colletidae, Xeromelissinae). Sci. Papers, Nat. Hist. Mus., Univ. Kansas 26: 1-47 [5] (Citation)
Michener, C. D. & Poinar, G., Jr. (1997). The known bee fauna of the Dominican Amber. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 69 (4): 353-361 [358] (Citation)
Michener, C. D. & Rozen, J. G., Jr. (1999). A new ground-nesting genus of Xeromelissine bees from Argentina and the tribal classification of the subfamily (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 3281: 1-10 [7] (Key)
Packer, L. (2005). A new species of Geodiscelis (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Xeromelissinae) from the Atacama desert of Chile. J. Hym. Res. 14 (1): 84-91 [84, 89, 90] (Taxonomy, comparative notes, biology)
Packer, L. (2008). Phylogeny and classification of the Xeromelissinae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Colletidae) with special emphasis on the genus Chilicola. Syst. Entomol. 33: 72–96 (Phylogeny)
Toro, H, (1997). Nuevas especies chilenas de Xeromelissinae (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Acta Entomol. Chil. 21: 7-12 [10-11] (Taxonomy (key))
Toro, H. & Moldenke, A. (1979). Revision de los Xeromelissinae chilenos (Hymenoptera - Colletidae). An. Mus. Hist. Nat., Valparaiso 12: 95-182 [97, 149-150, 163-164, 166] (Taxonomy (key), note, redescription, note)

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

Available Species

Xeromelissa australis (Toro & Moldenke, 1979)
Xeromelissa brevimalaris (Toro, 1981)
Xeromelissa chillan (Toro & Moldenke, 1979)
Xeromelissa chusmiza (Toro, 1981)
Xeromelissa farellones (Toro & Moldenke, 1979)
Xeromelissa irwini (Toro & Moldenke, 1979)
Xeromelissa laureli (Toro & Packer, 2001)
Xeromelissa longipalpa (Toro, 1981)
Xeromelissa luisa (Toro & Moldenke, 1979)
Xeromelissa machi (Toro, 1997)
Xeromelissa minuta (Toro & Moldenke, 1979)
Xeromelissa mucar (Toro & Moldenke, 1979)
Xeromelissa nolanai (Toro & Moldenke, 1979)
Xeromelissa nortina (Toro & Moldenke, 1979)
Xeromelissa obscura (Toro, 1981)
Xeromelissa pedroi (Toro & Moldenke, 1979)
Xeromelissa rosie (Toro & Packer, 2001)
Xeromelissa rozeni (Toro & Moldenke, 1979)
Xeromelissa sielfeldi (Toro & Moldenke, 1979)
Xeromelissa sororitatis Henríquez-Piskulich, Villagra & Vera, 2020
Xeromelissa wilmattae Cockerell, 1926
Xeromelissa xanthorhina (Toro, 1997)