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Agapostemon (Agapostemon) melliventris Cresson, 1874
Agapostemon melliventris Cresson, E. T. (1874). Descriptions of new Hymenoptera. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 5: 99-102 [101] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2112 <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [108] .
Type locality: USA, Nevada.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Sonora), United States of America (Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Nuevo Léon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas)

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. (1897). New and little-known bees. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 24: 144-162 [146] (Taxonomy (male), biology (flower records))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaria de Fomento 3-20 pp. [6] (Taxonomy (geographical record))
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 [376] (Taxonomy (comparative note))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1910). The North American bees of the genus Nomia. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 38: 289–298 [291] (Citation)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1917). Descriptions and Records of Bees. LXXVIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20: 436-441 [436] (Taxonomy (geographical record), biology (floral record))
Crawford, J. C. (1901). North American bees of the genus Agapostemon Guerin. Proc. Nebraska Acad. Sci. 7: 156-165 [158, 164] (Taxonomy (key, as fasciatus))
Hurd Jr., P. D. & Linsley, E. G. (1975). The principal Larrea bees of the southwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 193: 1-74 [30-31] (Biology (tables 1-2, 6, 8, 11-13, floral relationship with Larrea))
Roberts, R. B. (1969). Biology of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 48 (16): 689-719 [707, 709] (Biology (floral visitation))
Roberts, R. B. (1972). Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 49 (9): 439-590 [499] (Taxonomy (figs. 6, 61-32, 92-94, 155, 188, 203, key, distribution, redescription, synonymy))
Roberts, R. B. & Brooks, R. W. (1987). Agapostemonine bees of Mesoamerica (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 53 (7): 357-392 [364] (Citation)
Sandhouse, G. A. (1936). The bees of the genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) occurring in the United States. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 26 (2): 70-83 [74, 75, 78] (Taxonomy (key, syn. bibliography, synonymy, geogr. range, fig. 8))
Vachal, J. (1903). Étude sur les Halictus d’Amerique (Hym.). Misc. Entomol. 11: 89-104 [91, 103] (Taxonomy (key, as plurifasciatus))

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