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Coelioxys (Neocoelioxys) simillima Smith, 1854
Coelioxys simillima Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [269] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.66 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil [according to Moure's notes, from Vila Nova, in Amazonas].

Coelioxys assumptionis Schrottky, C. (1909). Himenópteros de Catamarca. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 68: 233-272 [260] .
Type data: syntype MZUSP <F> , syntype <F><M>.
Type locality: Paraguay: Asunción; Itapúa, Encarnación.

Coelioxys ardescens Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19: 41-61 [51] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rio Madeira.

Coelioxys rufibasis Cockerell, T. D. A. (1914). Bees from Ecuador and Peru. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 22: 306-328 [312] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <M>.
Type locality: Ecuador.

Coelioxys bimaculata Friese, H. (1921). Über die Kegelbienen (Coelioxys) Brasiliens. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 44: 421-486 [464] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F><M>.
Type locality: Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil. Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba. Brazil: Minas Gerais, Barbacena; Pará: Alenquer; Óbidos; Itaituba. Amapá, Macapá. Espirito Santo, Santa Leopoldina.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Acre [Senador Guiomard], Amapá [Macapá], Amazonas [Atalaia Do Norte, Tefé], Bahia, Espírito Santo [Santa Leopoldina], Mato Grosso [Sinop], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bodoquena, Ivinhema], Minas Gerais [Barbacena], Paraná [Bituruna], Pará [Alenquer, Itaituba, Jacareacanga, Óbidos], Rio Grande do Norte [Serra Negra Do Norte], Rio Grande do Sul [Porto Alegre], Rondônia [Porto Velho], Santa Catarina [Florianópolis, Palhoça], São Paulo [Monte Alegre Do Sul, Rio Claro]), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Panama (Panamá), Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela

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 [454] (List, distribution (as Coelioxys assumptionis))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [335] (Key, distribution (as Coelioxys simillima))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19: 41-61 [52] (Comparative note (as Coelioxys simillima))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1914). New and little known bees. Entomologist 47: 114-119 [115] (Distribution, comparative notes, as ardescens)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1914). Bees from Ecuador and Peru. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 22: 306-328 [312] (Taxonomy, distribution, as ardescens and as assumptionis)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Bees from British Guiana. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 38: 685-690 [686] (Taxonomy, key, distribution, flower record, as ardescens)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Some South American bees. Can. Entomol. 50: 137-140 [139] (Comparative note, as rufibasis)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1931). Descriptions and records of bees - CXXX. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 8: 537-553 [545] (Taxonomy, distribution, as ardescens)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [493] (Catalog (as Coelioxys simillima))
Friese, H. (1908). Die Apidae (Blumenwespen) von Argentina nach den Reisenergebnissen der Herren A. C. Jensen-Haarup und P. Jörgensen in den Jahren 1904-1907 [reprint with change in pagination (pp. 331-425 in original)]. Flora Fauna 10: 1-94 [75, 76, 80] (Key, male description (as Coelioxys simillima))
Friese, H. (1921). Über die Kegelbienen (Coelioxys) Brasiliens. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 44: 421-486 [428, 477] (Listed, descriptive note (as Coelioxys simillima))
Kamke, R., Zillikens, A. & Steiner, J. (2011). Species richness and seasonality of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in a restinga area in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Stud. Neotrop. Fauna E. 46 (1): 35-48 [38] (Distribution records)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [103] (Synonymy, note, distribution (as Coelioxys assumptionis))
Mitchell, T. B. (1973). A subgeneric revision of the genus Coelioxys of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Raleigh: Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University 1-129 pp. [64, 66] (Taxonomy, synonymy, redescription (as Coelioxys assumptionis))
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abelhas de Monte Alegre (Est. S. Paulo) (Hym. - Apoidea). Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 6 (10): 103-126 [123] (Descriptive note, distribution, as bimaculata)
Moure, J. S. (1951). Notas sinonímicas sôbre algumas espécies de Coelioxys (Hymenopt. - Apoidea). Dusenia 2 (6): 373-418 [391-393, 376, 379, 380, 381, 382] (Synonymy, distribution, redescription, descriptive note (as Coelioxys assumptionis))
Polatto, L.P. & Alves, V.V. Junior (2020). Bee species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in a Cerrado-Atlantic Forest ecotone: nesting habits related to foraging activity in a degraded forest fragment. EntomoBrasilis 13: 1-5 [4] (Distribution record)
Ramos, K.S., Kawada, R. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2015). Type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 55 (24): 335-361 [339] (Note on type material (as Coelioxys assumptions))
Schrottky, C. (1902). Ensaio sobre as abelhas solitarias do Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paul. 5: 330-613 [423] (Original description (translation) (as Coelioxys simillima))
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [250] (Taxonomy, distribution (as Coelioxys assumptionis))
Schrottky, C. (1920). Himenopteros nuevos o poco conocidos sudamericanos. Rev. Mus. Paul. 12 (2): 179-227 [195] (Comparative note, as ardescens)
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [203] (Listed, distribution (as Coelioxys (Neocoelioxys) assumptionis and C. simillima))
Steiner, J., Zillikens, A., Kamke, R., Feja, E. P. & Falkenberg, D. B. (2010). Bees and melittophilous plants of secondary Atlantic forest habitats at Santa Catarina Island, southern Brazil. Oecol. Aust. (1) 14: 16-39 [28] (Distribution records)
Wittmann, D. & Hoffmann, M. (1990). Bees of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 70: 17-43 [35] (Distribution record (as Coelioxys (Neocoelioxys) assumptionis))
Zanella, F.C.V. (2003). Abelhas da Estação Ecológica do Seridó (Serra Negra do Norte, RN): aportes ao conhecimento da diversidade, abundância e distribuição espacial das espécies na caatinga pp. 231-240 in Melo, G.A.R. & I. Alves-dos-Santos (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: Editora UNESC 320 pp. [234] (Distribution records)

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