APIDAE Megachilinae Lithurgini Microthurge
Microthurge pygmaeus (Friese, 1908)
Lithurgus pygmaea
Friese, H. (1908). Die Apidae (Blumenwespen) von Argentina nach den Reisenergebnissen der Herren A. C. Jensen-Haarup und P. Jörgensen in den Jahren 1904-1907 [reprint with change in pagination (pp. 331-425 in original)]. Flora Fauna 10: 1-94 [62] .
Type data: holotype ZMB <F>.
Type locality: Argentina, Mendoza.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, Tucumán), Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay (Guairá)
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 [94]
Griswold, T. L. (1991). A review of the genus Microthurge (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 67 (2): 115-118 [115, 116] (Key, distribution, flower records)
Jörgensen, P. (1909). Beobachtungen über Blumenbesuch, Biologie, Verbreitung usw. der Bienen von Mendoza (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 211-228 [213] (Citation)
Jörgensen, P. (1912). Revision der Apiden der Provinz Mendoza, Republica Argentina (Hym.). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 32: 89-162 [124]
Jörgensen, P. (1912). Los crisídidos y los hymenópteros aculeatos de la Provincia de Mendoza. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires (3) 22: 267-338 [310] (Distribution)
Michener, C. D. (1983). The classification of the Lithurginae (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 59 (1-4): 176-187 [182, 185] (Citation, taxonomy, descriptive note, distribution)
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [248] (Taxonomy, distribution)
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