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Agapostemon (Agapostemon) splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)
Halictus splendens Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères.. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [283] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <F>.
Type locality: USA, 'Carolina'.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Canada (Ontario, Saskatchewan), United States of America; Neotropical Region: Mexico (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] (Listed)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Some American halictine bees in the British Museum. Entomologist 38: 33-37 [34] (Taxonomy (tax. characters based on examination of type of aeruginosus))
Eickwort, G. C. (1981). Aspects of the nesting biology of five Neactic species of Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 54 (2): 337-351 [343] (Biology (nest))
LaBerge, W. E. & Ribble, D. W. (1966). The nests and larvae of two species of Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 39 (3): 467-472 [470-471] (Taxonomy (figs. 3-8 mature larva))
Mitchell, T. B. (1960). Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume I. USA: North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin Vol. 141 538 pp. [452] (Taxonomy (fig. 106, table 13, key, redescription))
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. [189] (Taxonomy, biology (flower record))
Robertson, C. (1897). North American bees- descriptions and synonyms. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7 (14): 315-356 [328] (Taxonomy)
Roberts, R. B. (1969). Biology of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 48 (16): 689-719 [689, 690, 691, 693, 694, 695, 697, 698, 704, 706, 707, 709] (Biology (figs. 5, 7, 9, 14, 15, nest sites, nest architecture, sleep, pollen sources))
Roberts, R. B. (1972). Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 49 (9): 439-590 [529] (Taxonomy (figs. 19, 69-72, 166, 179, 200, key, distribution, redescription))
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, 79, 81] (Taxonomy (fig. 5, , , key, syn. bibliography, geogr. range))

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