Species info
Classification > Subfamily Eucerinae > Tribe Eucerini > Genus Melissoptila
Melissoptila vulpecula Bertoni & Schrottky, 1910
Female in lateral view, Iguazú National Park (MLP).
Female in lateral view, Iguazú National Park (MLP).
Female in lateral view, Iguazú National Park (MLP).
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, soil excavators
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Brazil and Paraguay
 
Synonyms
  • Melissoptila nemorensis Bertoni & Schrottky,1910
References
  • BERTONI, A. W. & SCHROTTKY, C. 1910. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der mit Tetralonia verwandten Bienen aus Südamerika. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 563-596
  • BERTONI, A. W. 1918a. Contribución al conocimiento de las Tetralonias sudamericanas - Hym. An. Cient. Paraguayos (2) 3: 210-218
  • URBAN, D. 1968b. As espécies do gênero Melissoptila Holmberg, 1884 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 13: 1-94
  • WITTMANN, D. & HOFFMANN, M. 1990. Bees of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 70: 17-43
  • URBAN, D. 1998a. Espécies novas de Melissoptila Holmberg da América do Sul e notas taxonômicas (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 15 (1): 1-46
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