Species info
Classification > Subfamily Nomadinae > Tribe Ericrocidini > Genus Mesocheira
Mesocheira bicolor (Fabricius, 1804)
Lateral view of male of Mesocheira bicolor (Fabricius, 1804) (Photo: L. Alvarez)
Lateral view of male of <i>Mesocheira bicolor</i> (Fabricius, 1804) (Photo: L. Alvarez)
Lateral view of male of Mesocheira bicolor (Fabricius, 1804) (Photo: L. Alvarez)
Dorsal view of male of <i>Mesocheira bicolor</i> (Fabricius, 1804) (Photo: L. Alvarez)
Dorsal view of male of Mesocheira bicolor (Fabricius, 1804) (Photo: L. Alvarez)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Parasite bees
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Chaco
    • Corrientes
    • Formosa
    • Salta
    • San Juan
    • Santa Fe
    • Tucumán
Other distribution
Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Paraguay.
 
Synonyms
  • Mesocheira pulchella Holmberg, 1887
  • Mesocheira bicolor elizabethae Cockerell, 1910
  • Exaerete bilamellosa Cockerell, 1949
  • Exaerete melanura Cockerell, 1949
Observations
Mesocheira bicolor attack nests of Centris (Hemisiella) tarsata Smith and Centris (Hemisiella) nigriventris Burmeister (Torretta et al. 2024).
Host plants
Duranta repens [Verbenaceae] and Tabebuia nodosa [Bignoniaceae] (Torretta et al. 2024)
References
  • HOLMBERG, E. L. 1887a. Sobre ápidos nómadas de la República Argentina. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 23: 17-33
  • SCHROTTKY, C. 1913. La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286
  • TORRETTA, J. P., GRAFFIGNA, S., ALLASINO, M. L., AVALOS, A. A., MARRERO, H. J., & ALVAREZ, L. J. 2024. The Neotropical Cleptoparasitic Bee Mesocheira bicolor (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Ericrocidini) in Argentina. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc.150(1): 159-164.
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