Microsphecodes thoracicus (Ashmead, 1900)
Sphecodes thoracicus
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 [222] .
Type data: lectotype BMNH 17A.590 <M>.
Subsequent designation: 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. [164] .
Type locality: Lesser Antilles, Saint Vincent.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
References
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1913). Descriptions and records of bees. LIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 12: 103-110 [104] (Taxonomy, descriptive note)
Eickwort, G. C. & Stage, G. I. (1972). A new subgenus of neotropical Sphecodes cleptoparasitic upon Dialictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Halictinae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 45 (4): 500-515 [501] (Taxonomy)
Engel, M. S. (2006). A new species of Microsphecodes from St. Kitts (West Indies). Mitt. Internat. Entomol. Ver. 31 (1-2): 51-54 [54] (Listed)
Friese, H. (1908). Beitrag zur Bienenfauna der Kleinen Antillen und der Bermudas. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere Supl. 11 (1): 33-40 [37] (Listed)
Meyer, R. (1920). Apidae- Sphecodinae. Arch. Naturgesch., Abt. A 85 (2): 161-242 [198] (Taxonomy, redescription)
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Last update : 22 Mar 2022