Species info
Classification > Subfamily Eucerinae > Tribe Tapisnostaspidini > Genus Chalepogenus
Chalepogenus nigripes (Friese, 1899)
Female in lateral view, San Marcos Sierras, Córdoba (col. M. Geisa)
Female in lateral view, San Marcos Sierras, Córdoba (col. M. Geisa)
Female in lateral view, San Marcos Sierras, Córdoba (col. M. Geisa)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, soil excavators
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Córdoba
    • Entre Ríos
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Brazil
 
Synonyms
  • Melitoma nigrotarsalis Brèthes, 1910
References
  • ROIG-ALSINA, A. 1997. A generic study of the bees of the tribe Tapinotaspidini, with notes on the evolution of their oil-collecting structures. Mitt. Münch. Entomol. Ges. 87: 3-21
  • ROIG-ALSINA, A. 1999. Revisión de las abejas colectoras de aceites del género Chalepogenus Holmberg (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Rev. Mus. Argent. Cienc. Nat. (n.s.) 1 (1): 67-101
  • COCUCCI, A. A., SÉRSIC, A. & ROIG-ALSINA, A. 2000. Oil-colleting structures in Tapinotaspidini: their diversity, function and probable origin (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mitt. Münch. Entomol. Ges. 90: 51-74
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