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Dinagapostemon sicheli (Vachal, 1901)
Halictus (Agapostemon) sicheli Vachal, J. (1901). Contributions hyménoptériques. V.- Hymenoptera mellifera americana nova. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 70: 77-82 [77] .
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 [371] .
Type locality: Mexico.

Nomia tacita Cameron, P. (1902). Descriptions of new genera and species of American Hymenoptera. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 28: 369-377 [376] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17a.1223 <M>.
Type locality: 'USA, New Mexico'.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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. [186]

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas, 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 [451] (Geogr. record)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Some American halictine bees in the British Museum. Entomologist 38: 33-37 [34] (Taxonomy (comp. tax. characters, tax. position, as Agapostemon))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1909). Descriptions and Records of Bees. XXII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 4: 309-317 [311] (Taxonomy (tax. characters, synonymy))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1910). The North American bees of the genus Nomia. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 38: 289–298 [298] (Taxonomy (synonymy))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [443] (Taxonomy (tax. notes, tax. position, as Caenohalictus))
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 (Note on type locality of tacita)
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 [268] (Taxonomy (tax. position, as Paragapostemon))
Moure, J. S. & P. D. Hurd (1982). On two new groups of Neotropical halictine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 13 (2): 46 [46] (Taxonomy as Dinagapostemon)
Roberts, R. B. (1972). Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 49 (9): 439-590 [443] (Taxonomy (tax. position))
Roberts, R. B. & Brooks, R. W. (1987). Agapostemonine bees of Mesoamerica (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 53 (7): 357-392 [370, 371, 379] (Citation, key, note on type material, distribution, flower record, redescription, comparative note)
Vachal, J. (1903). Étude sur les Halictus d’Amerique (Hym.). Misc. Entomol. 11: 89-104 [93, 103] (Taxonomy (key, geogr. range))

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