APIDAE ›› Halictinae ›› Augochlorini

Temnosoma Smith, 1853
Temnosoma Smith, F. (1853). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London: British Museum 1-198 pp. [38] .
Type species: Temnosoma metallicum Smith, 1853 by monotypy.

Micraugochlora Schrottky, C. (1909). Synonymische Bemerkunde über einige südamerikanische Halictinae (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 479-485 [483] .
Type species: Micraugochlora sphaerocephala Schrottky, 1909 by monotypy.

Micraugochlora Schrottky, C. (1909). Nuevos himenópteros sudamericanos. Rev. Mus. La Plata 16 (3): 137-149 [138] (No included species) .

Temnosoma (Temnosomula) Ogloblin, A. (1954). Un nuevo subgenero de "Temnosoma" F. Smith (Halictidae, Hymenoptera). Neotropica 1 (1): 5-8 [5] .
Type species: Temnosoma (Temnosomula) platensis Ogloblin, 1954 ( = Micraugochlora sphaerocephala Schrottky) by original designation.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: United States of America (Arizona); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Mendoza, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero), Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas [Manaus, São Paulo De Olivença, Tefé], Bahia, Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães], Minas Gerais, Paraná [Curitiba], Pará [Belém, Soure], Rio Grande do Sul [Planalto, Porto Alegre], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Três Barras], São Paulo [Corumbataí, Santos, São Paulo]), Costa Rica, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Veracruz, Yucatan), Paraguay

References

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

Available Species

Temnosoma aeruginosum Smith, 1879
Temnosoma fulvipes Friese, 1924
Temnosoma laevigatum Smith, 1879
Temnosoma malachisis Friese, 1924
Temnosoma metallicum Smith, 1853
Temnosoma smaragdinum Smith, 1879
Temnosoma sphaerocephalum (Schrottky, 1909)