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Lithurgus Berthold, 1827
Lithurge Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles Naturelles du Règne Animal, exposées succinctement et dans un ordre analytique, avec l'indication de leurs genres. Paris: J. B. Ballière 570 pp. [463] (The name Lithurge is considered French vernacular, and therefore unavailable as a scientific name) .
Type species: Andrena cornuta Fabricius, 1787 by monotypy.

Lithurgus Berthold, A. A. (1827). Lithurgus in Latreille, P. A. (ed.) Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs, aus dem Französischen. Mit anmerkungen und zusatzen von Dr. Arnold Adolph Berthold. [Transl. and ed. A. A. Berthold]. Weimar: Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs 602 pp. [467] .
Type species: Andrena cornuta Fabricius, 1787 by monotypy.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones), Brazil (Ceará [Baturité, Quixadá], Goiás [Alto Paraíso De Goiás, Aruanã, Baliza, Cristalina, Doverlândia, Niquelândia, Nova Roma, Pires Do Rio, Rio Verde, Rubiataba, Santa Cruz De Goiás, Água Fria De Goiás], Maranhão [Caxias, Codó], Minas Gerais [Belo Horizonte, Uberlândia], Paraíba [Santa Luzia], Pará [Conceição Do Araguaia], Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte [Serra Negra Do Norte], Rio Grande do Sul [Tenente Portela], São Paulo, Tocantins)

References

Baker, H. G. & Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1968). Intrafloral ecology. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 13: 385-414 [404] (Flower record)
Blanchard, E. (1840). Orthoptères, Neuroptères, Hémiptères, Hymenoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères pp. 1-673 in F. L. Laporte (ed.) Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. vol. 3. Paris: P. Duménil [408] (Descriptive note, note on type)
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 [94] (Taxonomy, systematic notes (partim))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1924). Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. The bees (II). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4) 12 (27): 529-560 [545] (Citation)
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Ducke, A. (1907). Contribution a la connaissance de la faune hyménoptérologique du Nord-Est du Brésil. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 26: 73-96 [75, 78] (Taxonomy, citation (partim))
Ducke, A. (1908). Contribution à la connaissance de la faune hyménoptérologique du Nord-Est du Brésil. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 27: 57-87 [76] (Taxonomy (partim))
Ducke, A. (1910). Contribution a la connaissance de la faune hyménoptérologique du Nord-Est du Brésil. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 28 (4/5): 97-122 [101] (Distribution (partim))
Ducke, A. (1912). Die natürlichen Bienengenera Südamerikas. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 34: 51-116 [67, 98] (Citation (partim))
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Michener, C. D. (1944). Comparative external morphology, phylogeny, and a classification of the bees (Hymenoptera). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 82 (6): 151-326 [219, 226, 231, 255, 256] (partim)
Michener, C. D. (1983). The classification of the Lithurginae (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 59 (1-4): 176-187 [176, 179, 182, 183] (Comparative note, key, redescription, distribution, as Lithurge)
Michener, C. D. (1997). Genus-group names of bees and supplemental family-group names. Scient. Papers, Nat. Hist. Mus., Univ. Kansas 1: 1-81 [33] (Note on genus name)
Michener, C. D. & Moure, J. S. (1957). A study of the classification of the more primitive non-parasitic anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 112 (5): 395-452 [440] (Comparative note, as Lithurge)
Mitchell, T. B. (1938). The genus Lithurgus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Psyche 45 (4): 146-155 (partim)
Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [565] (Taxonomy, as Lithurge)

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

Available Species

Lithurgus huberi Ducke, 1907