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Rhectomia Moure, 1947
Rhectomia Moure, J. S. (1947). Novos agrupamentos genéricos e algumas espécies novas de abelhas sulamericanas. Publ. Avulsas Mus. Paranaense (Curitiba) 3: 1-37 [9] .
Type species: Rhectomia pumilla Moure, 1947 by original designation.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Minas Gerais [Santa Bárbara], Paraná [Almirante Tamandaré, Araucária, Campo Largo, Curitiba, Guarapuava], Santa Catarina [Porto União, Seara], São Paulo [São José Do Barreiro])

References

Eickwort, G. C. (1969). Tribal positions of Western Hemisphere green sweat bees, with comments on their nest architecture (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 62 (3): 652–660 [653] (Table)
Eickwort, G. C. (1969). A comparative morphological study and generic revision of the augochlorine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 48: 325–524 [400-401,461, 450] (Taxonomy (figs. 118, 185, generic classification))
Engel, M. S. (1995). The bee genus Rhectomia (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): discovery of the male and two new species. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 103 (3): 302-310 [302] (Taxonomy)
Engel, M. S. (2000). Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 250: 1-89 [54] (Taxonomy)
Engel, M. S. & Klein, B. A. (1997). Neocorynurella, a new genus of Augochlorine bees from South America (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 44 (2): 155-163 [163] (Comparative note)

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 22 Mar 2022

Available Species

Rhectomia catarina Gonçalves, 2010
Rhectomia liebherri Engel, 1996
Rhectomia pumilla Moure, 1947