Melissocleptis nigrita (Ashmead, 1900)
Sphecodes nigritus
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 [221] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17A.589 <M>.
Type locality: Lesser Antilles, Saint Vincent.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
References
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] (Taxonomy (listed))
Gonçalves, R.B. (2021). A revised genus-level classification of the Neotropical groups of the cleptoparasitic bee tribe Sphecodini Schenck (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 65 (1:e20200094): 1–10 [5] (Taxonomy, new combination)
Meyer, R. (1920). Apidae- Sphecodinae. Arch. Naturgesch., Abt. A 85 (2): 161-242 [198] (Taxonomy (translates orig. description))
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 22 Mar 2022