APIDAE Halictinae Halictini Sphecodina Melissocleptis
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