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Lithurgopsis echinocacti (Cockerell, 1898)
Lithurgus echinocacti Cockerell, T. D. A. (1898). New and little-known Hymenoptera taken by Prof. C. H. T. Townsend and Mr. C. M. Barber in New Mexico in 1898. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 2: 448-457 [453] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: USA, New Mexico, La Cueva, 'Organ Mountains'.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sonora), United States of America (Arizona, California, New Mexico)

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1900). The cactus bees, genus Lithurgus. Am. Nat. 24: 487-488 [488] (Distribution and flower record (as Lithurgus echinocacti))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1914). Names applied to the north American bees of the genera Lithurgus, Anthidium, and allies. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47: 87-94 [94] (Flower record (as Lithurgus echinocacti))
Mitchell, T. B. (1938). The genus Lithurgus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Psyche 45 (4): 146-155 [147,151] (Key and record (as Lithurgus echinocacti))
Snelling, R. R. (1962). Notes on the distribution of some southwestern megachilids, with descriptions of three new forms. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 38 (4): 225-234 [225] (Record (as Lithurge echinocacti))
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 [3, 6] (Key, illustrations, flower records, notes on type material, distribution (as Lithurge (Lithurgopsis) echinocacti))
Snelling, R. R. (1986). The taxonomic status of two North American Lithurge (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 85 (1): 29-34 [33] (Key (as Lithurge echinocacti))

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