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Paragapostemon coelestinus (Westwood, 1875)
Nomia coelestina Westwood, J. O. (1875). Descriptions of some new species of short-tongued bees belonging to the genus Nomia of Latreille. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1875 (3): 207-222 [220] .
Type data: holotype OUM <M>.
Type locality: Mexico.

Agapostemon bruneri Crawford, J. C. (1901). North American bees of the genus Agapostemon Guerin. Proc. Nebraska Acad. Sci. 7: 156-165 [160] .
Type data: lectotype UNSM <M>.
Subsequent designation: Roberts, R. B. & Brooks, R. W. (1987). Agapostemonine bees of Mesoamerica (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 53 (7): 357-392 [384] .
Type locality: Mexico, Distrito Federal, Tlalpan.

Nomia cillaba Cameron, P. (1902). Descriptions of new genera and species of American Hymenoptera. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 28: 369-377 [376] .
Type data: lectotype BMNH 17A.1220a <M>.
Subsequent designation: Roberts, R. B. & Brooks, R. W. (1987). Agapostemonine bees of Mesoamerica (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 53 (7): 357-392 [384] .
Type locality: 'USA, New Mexico'.

Halictus (Paragapostemon) podager Vachal, J. (1903). Étude sur les Halictus d’Amerique (Hym.). Misc. Entomol. 11: 89-104 [89, 96, 104] .
Type data: lectotype MNHP <M>.
Subsequent designation: Roberts, R. B. & Brooks, R. W. (1987). Agapostemonine bees of Mesoamerica (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 53 (7): 357-392 [384] .
Type locality: Mexico, 'Meztill'.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Guanajuato, Zacatecas); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo Léon, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tlaxcala, Veracruz)

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 [452] (Geogr. record)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [164] (Emendation, as Nomia caelestina)
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1976). The bee family Oxaeidae with a revision of the North American Species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 220: 1-75 [46-47] (Note on type locality of cillaba)
Roberts, R. B. & Brooks, R. W. (1987). Agapostemonine bees of Mesoamerica (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 53 (7): 357-392 [384] (Synonymy, note on type material, distribution, flower record, redescription)
Vachal, J. (1903). Étude sur les Halictus d’Amerique (Hym.). Misc. Entomol. 11: 89-104 [96] (Taxonomy (key, as podager and as coelestinus))

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