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Ruizanthedella mutabilis (Spinola, 1851)
Halictus mutabilis Spinola, M. (1851). Himenopteros pp. 153-569 in Gay, C. (ed.) Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile. Zoologia Vol. 6. Paris: Casa del autor 572 pp. [205] .
Type data: lectotype MSNT <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. [171] .
Type locality: Chile.

Halictus nigro-caeruleus Spinola, M. (1851). Himenopteros pp. 153-569 in Gay, C. (ed.) Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile. Zoologia Vol. 6. Paris: Casa del autor 572 pp. [204] .
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. [172] .
Type locality: Chile, Elqui, Coquimbo.

Halictus placidus Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [39] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.2664 <F>.
Type locality: Chile.

Halictus nahuel-huapiensis Schrottky, C. (1908). Nuevos himenópteros. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 65: 225-239 [225] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: Argentina, Río Negro-Neuquén, 'Lago Nahuel-Huapi'.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

González-Vaquero, R.A. & Roig-Alsina, A. (2019). The bee Ruizanthedella mutabilis Spinola (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): a very common but poorly known species studied using integrative taxonomy. Zootaxa 4563: 191-200 [193]

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chubut, Neuquén, Rio Negro), Chile (Chiloé, Choapa, Elqui, Limarí, Osorno)

References

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Alfken, J. D. (1926). Die mir bekannten chilenischen Arten der Bienengattung Corynura M. Spinola. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1926 (2): 145-163 [153] (Taxonomy (tax. position, as Paragapostemon))
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Friese, H. (1916). Die Halictus-Arten von Chile (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1916 (5/6): 547-564 [549, 550, 551, 555, 556, 557] (Taxonomy (comp. tax. notes, key, geogr. range, as Halictus placidus, H. mutabilis and H. nigrocaeruleus))
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Herbst, P. (1907). Zur Synonymie der Apiden. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 7: 130-131 [131] (Taxonomy (synonymy))
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Herbst, P. (1922). Revision der Halictus-Arten von Chile (Hym.). Entomol. Mitt. 11 (4): 180–191 [184-185] (Taxonomy (geogr. record, synonymy, tax. position, as Halcitus mutabilis and var. placidus), biology (flower records))
Janvier, H. (1926). Recherches biologiques sur les hyménoptères du Chili (Mellifères). Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Biol. Anim. (10) 9: 113-268 [170-177] (Taxonomy (color variation, possible synonymy), biology (figs. 36, 39, seasonal cycle, nesting sites, nest architecture, flower records))
Michener, C. D. & Lange, R. B. (1958). Observations of the behavior of Brazilian halictid bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) I. Pseudagapostemon. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 51 (2): 155–164 [155, 157, 158, 160, 162] (Biology (comp. notes on nesting behavior))
Moure, J. S. (1941). Apoidea Neotropica - III. Arq. Mus. Paranaense 1: 41-99 [73] (Citation (as Paragapostemon))
Moure, J. S. (1964). Two new genera of halictine bees from the Araucanian subregion of South America (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 37 (4): 265-275 [265, 267, 268] (Taxonomy (tax. position, synonymy, as Ruizantheda (Ruizanthedella) mutabilis and R. (Ruizanthedella) nigrocaerulea))
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Rojas, A. F. (1967). Actualización de los nombres de los Apoideos (Hymenoptera-Apoidea) de la "Historia Física y Política de Chile", de Claudio Gay. MNHN (Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat.) Not. Mens. 131: 6-8 (Listed)
Schrottky, C. (1903). Enumération des Hyménopteres connus jusqu'ici de la Republique Argentine, de l' Uruguay et du Paraguay. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 55: 80-186 [180] (Taxonomy (tax. position, geogr. record, as Agapostemon))
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