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Lithurgopsis littoralis (Cockerell, 1917)
Lithurgus apicalis littoralis Cockerell, T. D. A. (1917). List of bees collected pp. 189-193 in Cockerell, W. P. Collecting bees in southern Texas. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 25: 187–193 [191] .
Type data: holotype BMNH <M>.
Type locality: USA, Texas, Port Isabel.

Lithurgus bruesi Mitchell, T. B. (1927). New megachilid bees. Psyche (Camb.) 34: 104-121 [104] .
Type data: holotype MCZ 15710 <M>.
Type locality: USA, Texas, Austin.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Snelling, R. R. (1983). The North American species of the bee genus Lithurge (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. 343: 1-11 [9]

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza), United States of America (Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Hidalgo, Nuevo Léon, Oaxaca, Puebla)

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 [453] (Listed (as Lithurge))
Michener, C. D. (1954). A genus bees new to the Illinois region. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 27 (1): 13 [13] (Record and note (as Lithurge bruesi))
Mitchell, T. B. (1938). The genus Lithurgus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Psyche 45 (4): 146-155 [147, 149-150] (Key and record (as Lithurgus apicalis var. littoralis and Lithurgus bruesi))
Snelling, R. R. (1983). The North American species of the bee genus Lithurge (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. 343: 1-11 [2, 3, 4, 9] (Key, illustrations, synonymy, flower records, notes on type material, distribution)

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