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Dolichostelis Parker & Bohart, 1979
Dolichostelis Parker, F. D. & Bohart, G. E. (1979). Dolichostelis, a new genus of parasitic bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 52 (1): 138-153 [138] .
Type species: Stelis laticincta Cresson, 1878 by original designation.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Hidalgo, Sonora), United States of America (Texas); Neotropical Region: Colombia (La Guajira, Magdalena, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (San José), Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Yucatan)

References

Gonzalez, V. H., Ascher, J. S. & Engel, M. S. (2012). A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. J. Nat. Hist. 46 (47-48): 2919-2934 [2922] (Taxonomy, as Stelis (Dolichostelis))
Griswold, T. L. & Michener, C. D. (1988). Taxonomic observations on Anthidiini of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 61 (1): 22–45 [35, 36] (Citation, comparative note)
Michener, C. D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [513] (Taxonomy, biology (as Stelis (Dolichostelis)))
Michener, C. D. & Griswold, T. L. (1994). The neotropical Stelis-like cleptoparasitic bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 96 (4): 674-678 [676] (Comparative note)

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 07 Apr 2022

Available Species

Dolichostelis costalis (Cresson, 1872)
Dolichostelis costaricensis (Friese, 1921)
Dolichostelis perpulchra (Crawford, 1916)
Dolichostelis vallenata Gonzalez, Ascher & Engel, 2012