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Paranthidium Cockerell & Cockerell, 1901
Dianthidium (Paranthidium) Cockerell, T. D. A. & Cockerell, W. P. (1901). Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. IX. On certain genera of bees. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 7: 46-50 [50] .
Type species: Anthidium perpictum Cockerell, 1898 by original designation.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Distrito Federal, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, México); Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Veracruz)

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1915). Names applied to the North American bees of the genera Lithurgus, Anthidium, and allies. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47: 87–94 [91-93] (Catalog)
Isensee, R. (1927). A study of the male genitalia of certain Anthidiinae bees. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 17: 371-384 [371, 375] (Description of male genitalia)
Michener, C. D. (1942). Taxonomic observations on bees with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 50: 273-282 [278] (Taxonomy (as Paranthidium (Paranthidium))
Michener, C. D. (1944). Comparative external morphology, phylogeny, and a classification of the bees (Hymenoptera). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 82 (6): 151-326 [256, 257] (Taxonomic note)
Michener, C. D. (1948). The generic classification of the anthidiine bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1381: 1-29 [3, 7, 11, 27] (Taxonomy, key for subgenus, catalog)
Michener, C. D. & Ordway, E. (1964). Some anthidiine bees from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 72: 70-78 [70] (Taxonomy (as Paranthidium (Mecanthidium)Comparative note, description, distribution)
Moure, J. S. (1947). Novos agrupamentos genéricos e algumas espécies novas de abelhas sulamericanas. Mus. Paranaense, Pub. Avulsas (Curitiba) 3: 1-37 [18, 19, 20] (Taxonomy)
Moure, J. S. (1965). New placements for some species of Paranthidium (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 67 (1): 29-31 [29, 30] (Citation, comparative note, description; "Paranthidium could be grouped with Dianthidium")
Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [584] (Type species)
Wille, A. (1958). A comparative study of the dorsal vessels of bees. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 51 (6): 538–546 [539] (Catalog, table, distribution)

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

Available Species

Paranthidium flavolineatum (Smith, 1879)
Paranthidium gabbii (Cresson, 1878)