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Augochloropsis argentina (Friese, 1908)
Augochlora argentina Friese, H. (1908). Die Apidae (Blumenwespen) von Argentina nach den Reisenergebnissen der Herren A. C. Jensen-Haarup und P. Jörgensen in den Jahren 1904-1907 [reprint with change in pagination (pp. 331-425 in original)]. Flora Fauna 10: 1-94 [26] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F><M>.
Type locality: Argentina, Mendoza, Pedregal.

Tetrachlora obesa Schrottky, C. (1909). Himenópteros de Catamarca. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 68: 233-272 [255] .
Type data: holotype MACN <F>.
Type locality: Argentina, Mendoza.

Rivalisia metallica Strand, E. (1921). Apidologisches, insbesondere über paläarktische Andrena-Arten, auf Grund von Material des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums. Arch. Naturgesch., Abt. A 87 (3): 266-322 [270] (junior secondary homonym of Andrena metallica Fabricius, 1793) .
Type data: lectotype DEIB <M>.
Subsequent designation: Eickwort, G. C. (1969). A comparative morphological study and generic revision of the augochlorine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 48: 325–524 [519] .
Type locality: 'Usambara' [mislabeled specimens from Usambara, Tanzania; probably from southern Brazil or Argentina].

Augochloropsis (Paraugochloropsis) aenigma 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] (unnecessary nom. nov. for Rivalisia metallica Strand, 1921) .

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Mendoza), Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul [Osório], São Paulo)

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Some South American bees. Can. Entomol. 50: 137-140 [140] (Taxonomy (geogr. record))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1937). A new bee from Chile. Am. Mus. Novit. 910: 1-2 [1] (Taxonomy (comp. tax. note))
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, 519] (Taxonomy (tax. position, places Rivalisia metallica Strand as questionable synonymy, note on type locality of metallica))
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] (Homonymy, synonymy (as aenigma))
Friese, H. (1912). Zur Bienenfauna des südlichen Argentinien. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1912: 362-367 [363] (Taxonomy (listed))
Jensen-Haarup, A. C. (1908). Biological researches amongst the Argentine bees with special reference to flowers they visit. Flora Fauna 10: 95-107 [99-100] (Biology (flower records))
Jörgensen, P. (1909). Beobachtungen über Blumenbesuch, Biologie, Werbreitung usw. der Bienen von Mendoza. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1: 53-65 [58] (Biology (nest sites, flower records))
Jörgensen, P. (1912). Los crisídidos y los Hymenopteros aculeatos de la Província de Mendoza. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 22: 267-338 [305] (Taxonomy (geogr. records, as argentina and obesa), biology (flower records))
Jörgensen, P. (1912). Revision der Apiden der Provinz Mendoza, Republica Argentina (Hym.). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 32: 89-162 [113, 115] (Taxonomy (tax. characters, tax. status, as argentina and obesa), biology (flower records))
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [97] (Taxonomy (tax. position))
Moure, J. S. (1944). Apoidea da coleção do Conde Amadeu A. Barbiellini (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 15 (1-2): 1-18 [6] (Taxonomy (tax. position))
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. [280] (Catalog, synonymy)
Schrottky, C. (1909). Himenópteros de Catamarca. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 68: 233-272 [255] (Taxonomy (tax. position, tax. characters, tax. relationships))
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [241, 242] (Taxonomy (listed, geogr. range, as argentina and obesa))
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [178] (Distribution)
Wittmann, D. & Hoffmann, M. (1990). Bees of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 70: 17-43 [31] (Distribution record)

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