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Lithurgopsis Fox, 1902
Lithurgopsis Fox, W. J. (1902). Lithurgopsis, a new genus of bees. Entomol. News 13: 137-140 [138] .
Type species: Lithurgus apicalis Cresson, 1875 by original designation.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz), United States of America (Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Córdoba, Entre Rios, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis), Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul [Quaraí]), Costa Rica (Guanacaste), Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador (La Libertad), Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico (Distrito Federal, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Morelos, Nuevo Léon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Veracruz)

References

Baker, H. G. & Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1968). Intrafloral ecology. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 13: 385-414 [404] (Flower record, as Lithurgus)
Bertoni, A. W. (1918). Notas entomológicas (biológicas y sistemáticas). I. Himenopteros Apoideos. An. Cient. Paraguayos (2) 3: 219-231 [222] (Nest, as Lithurgus)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las Abejas de México. México: Secretaria de Fomento 3-20 pp. [11] (Catalog, as Lithurgus)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [333] (Note (partim))
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] (Citation, systematic notes, as Lithurgus (partim))
Ducke, A. (1912). Die natürlichen Bienengenera Südamerikas. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 34: 51-116 [67, 98] (Citation (partim), as Lithurgus)
Fox, W. J. (1902). Notes on Lithurgopsis. Entomol. News 13: 182 [182] (Description note)
Herbst, P. (1922). Zur Biologie der Gattung Chilicola Spin. (Apidae, Hymen.). Entomol. Mitt. 11 (2): 63-68 [68] (Citation (partim), as Lithurgus)
Holmberg, E. L. (1909). Abejas de Mendoza. Apuntes Hist. Nat. 1: 94 [94] (Distribution, as Lithurgus)
Holmberg, E. L. (1921). Apidae Argentinae. Generis Psaenythia Gerstaecker. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 31: 249–354 [263] (Note, as Lithurgus)
Michener, C. D. (1944). Comparative external morphology, phylogeny, and a classification of the bees (Hymenoptera). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 82 (6): 151-326 [202-216; 219, 226, 231, 255, 256 partim; 296] (Morphology, phylogeny, taxonomy, flower record, key, as Lithurgus)
Michener, C. D. (1983). The classification of the Lithurginae (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 59 (1-4): 176-187 [177, 180, 181, 182, 184] (Citation, comparative note, flower record, descriptive note)
Michener, C. D. (1988). The genus Lithurge in the Antilles (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Folia Entomol. Mex. 76: 159-164 [160] (Citation, flower record, 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] (Taxonomy)
Mitchell, T. B. (1938). The genus Lithurgus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Psyche 45 (4): 146-155 (partim, as Lithurgus)
Moure, J. S. (1949). Las especies chilenas de la sub-familia Lithurginae (Hym.-Apoidea). Arq. Mus. Paranaense 7 (5): 265-286 (Taxonomy, revision (partim, as Lithurgus))
Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [565] (Taxonomy)
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [248, 283] (partim, as Lithurgus)
Strand, E. (1910). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Hymenopterenfauna von Paraguay. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 455-562 [456] (Citation, as Lithurgus)

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

Available Species

Lithurgopsis antilleorum (Michener, 1988)
Lithurgopsis apicalis (Cresson, 1875)
Lithurgopsis bitorulosus (Snelling, 1986)
Lithurgopsis echinocacti (Cockerell, 1898)
Lithurgopsis gibbosus (Smith, 1853)
Lithurgopsis listrotus (Snelling, 1983)
Lithurgopsis littoralis (Cockerell, 1917)
Lithurgopsis planifrons (Friese, 1908)
Lithurgopsis rufiventris (Friese, 1908)