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Agapostemon (Agapostemon) viridulus (Fabricius, 1793)
Apis viridula Fabricius, J. C. (1793). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae: Christian Gottlieb Proft Vol. 2 1-519 pp. [342] .
Type data: lectotype ZMUC [Lund collection] <F>.
Subsequent designation: Moure, J. S. (1960). Notes on the types of the Neotropical bees described by Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Stud. Entomol. (Rio J.) 3 (1-4): 97-160 [104] .
Type locality: 'America borealis'.

Andrena (Agapostemon) femoralis Guérin-Méneville, F. E. (1844). Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux; pouvant servir d'atlas à tous les traités de Zoologie. Paris: Baillière, J. B. Vol. 7 576 pp. [447] .
Type data: holotype MCG <M>.
Type locality: Cuba.

Agapostemon semiviridis Cresson, E. T. (1865). On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 4: 1-200 [172] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2788 <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [109] .
Type locality: Cuba.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Cuba

References

Ashmead, W. H. (1900). Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the Islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 2: 207-367 [304] (Distribution (as femoralis and semiviridis))
Baker, C. F. (1906). Halictinae de Cuba. Primer Informe Anual de la Estacion Central Agronomica de Cuba pp. 253-274 [272] (Taxonomy, synonymy (as viridulus and femoralis))
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 [377] (Taxonomic note)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1910). Some neotropical bees. Psyche 17: 142-144 [143] (Distribution (as femoralis))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1917). Descriptions and records of bees. LXXVI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20: 235-241 [241] (Citation)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1917). Descriptions and Records of Bees. LXXVIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20: 436-441 [436] (Citation (as femoralis))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1921). Descriptions and Records of Bees. XCI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 8: 359-368 [363] (Synonymy)
Cresson, E. T. (1865). On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 4: 1-200 [173] (Taxonomy (as femoralis))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [98] (Taxonomy (as viridulus and semiviridis))
Friese, H. (1902). Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. (Hym). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 2: 196-201 [196] (Distribution, redescription, catalog (as semiviridis))
Illiger, K. (1806). William Kirby's Familien der bienenartigen Insekten mit Zusätzen, Nachweisungen und Bemerkungen. Mag. Insektenkd. (Illiger) 5: 28-175 [143] (Taxonomy (as Megilla))
Moure, J. S. (1960). Notes on the types of the Neotropical bees described by Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Stud. Entomol. (Rio J.) 3 (1-4): 97-160 [104] (Taxonomy (redescription of types of viridula))
Roberts, R. B. (1972). Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 49 (9): 439-590 [550-554] (Taxonomy (figs. 33-34, 111-112, 150, 178, 208, , , key, redescription, synonymy))
Vachal, J. (1903). Étude sur les Halictus d’Amerique (Hym.). Misc. Entomol. 11: 89-104 [90, 100] (Taxonomy (key, synonymy, as femoralis and as viridulus))
Van der Vecht, J. (1957). On some Hymenoptera from the collection of Guérin-Méneville in the Leiden Museum. Zool. Meded. (Leiden) 35 (3): 21-31 [28] (Note on type material of Andrena femoralis)

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