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Augochloropsis vesta (Smith, 1853)
Augochlora vesta 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. [78] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.1229 <F>.
Type locality: Colombia.

Halictus nigriscopis Vachal, J. (1903). Étude sur les Halictus d’Amerique (Hym.). Misc. Entomol. 11: 121-136 [127] .
Type data: lectotype MNHP <F>.
Subsequent designation: Moure, J. S. & Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1987). An Annotated Catalog of the Halictid Bees of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press 405 pp. [297] .
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba.

Halictus pendens Vachal, J. (1903). Étude sur les Halictus d’Amerique (Hym.). Misc. Entomol. 11: 121-136 [128] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <F>.
Type locality: Mexico.

Augochlora vesta barro-coloradensis Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 722: 1-24 [4] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F>.
Type locality: Panama, Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Ecuador, Mexico (Hidalgo, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan), Panama, Venezuela

References

Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A. N. & González- Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [450] (Listed (as nigriscopis, pendens and vesta vesta))
Buysson, R. du (1892). Fam. Apidae [etc.] pp. 54–60 in Buyson, R. du & Marshall, T. A. Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Decémbre 1887- Avril 1888). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 61: 53-60 [55] (Taxonomy (geogr. range extended to Caracas, Venezuela), as Angochlora [sic])
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1897). New and little-known bees. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 24: 144-162 [162] (Bingham in Cockerell: Taxonomy (tax. characters))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1900). Descriptions of new bees collected by Mr. H. H. Smith in Brazil. I. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 52: 356-377 [364] (Taxonomy (comp. tax. notes))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [357, 359, 360] (Taxonomy (comp. tax. notes, geogr. range extended to Mexico))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1914). Bees from Ecuador and Peru. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 22: 306-328 [324] (Taxonomy (key, geogr. range extended to Guayaquil, Ecuador))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Descriptions and records of bees. LXXXI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 2: 418-425 [420] (Taxonomy (geogr. range extended to Mexico))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1928). Bees collected by Nathan Banks in the vicinity of the Panama Canal. Psyche 35 (3): 173-181 [181] (Taxonomy (tax. position, as terpsichore))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1931). Descriptions and records of bees - CXXX. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 8: 537-553 [553] (Taxonomy (possible synonymy, as nigriscopis, pendens and vesta))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [442] (Taxonomy (tax. position))
Eickwort, G. C. (1969). A comparative morphological study and generic revision of the augochlorine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 48: 325–524 [416] (Taxonomy (tax. position, geogr. range))
Engel, M. S. (1996). Taxonomic and geographic notes on some halictine bee species (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 104 (1-2): 106-110 [107] (Synonymy, note on type material, distribution)
Holmberg, E. L. (1884). Hymenópteros de la República Oriental del Uruguay. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 18: 201-228 [215] (Taxonomy (tax. notes))
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [86, 87] (Taxonomy (, synonymy, redescription, comp. tax. notes, geogr. range, floral records))
Moure, J. S. & Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1987). An Annotated Catalog of the Halictid Bees of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press 405 pp. [305] (Catalog (as vesta vesta and vesta barrocoloradensis))
Vachal, J. (1903). Étude sur les Halictus d’Amerique (Hym.). Misc. Entomol. 11: 121-136 [127] (Taxonomy (possible synonymy))
Vachal, J. (1904). Étude sur les Halictus d’Amerique (Hym.). Misc. Entomol. 12: 9-24 [10] (Taxonomy (, as nigriscopis))

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