Species info
Classification > Subfamily Nomadinae > Tribe Protepeolini > Genus Leiopodus
Leiopodus lacertinus Smith, 1854
Male in lateral view, Berisso, Buenos Aires (MLP)
Male in lateral view, Berisso, Buenos Aires (MLP)
Male in lateral view, Berisso, Buenos Aires (MLP)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Parasite bees
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Chaco
    • Córdoba
    • Corrientes
    • Entre Ríos
    • Formosa
    • Misiones
    • Salta
    • Santiago del Estero
    • Tucumán
Other distribution
Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela
 
Synonyms
  • Epeolus vagans Smith, 1879
Observations
Leiopodus lacertinus is a cleptoparasite of Melitoma segmentaria and Melitoma sp. (Apidae: Emphorini) (Roig-Alsina & Rozen, 1994)
References
  • HOLMBERG, E. L. 1886a. Sobre ápidos nómadas de la República Argentina. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 22: 272-286
  • SCHROTTKY, C. 1913. La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286
  • ROIG-ALSINA, A. & ROZEN, J. G., JR. 1994. Revision of the cleptoparasitic bee tribe Protepeolini, including biologies and immature stages (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 3099: 1-27
  • MAZZEO, N. M., & TORRETTA, J. P. 2015. Wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in an urban botanical garden in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 50(3), 182-193.
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