Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Apoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Apidae
Subfamilia: Apinae
Tribus: Ericrocidini
Genus: Mesoplia
Species:
M. alboguttata –
M. azurea –
M. bifrons –
M. chalybaea –
M. decorata –
M. dugesi –
M. friesei –
M. guatemalensis –
M. guedesi –
M. imperatrix –
M. insignis –
M. pilicrus –
M. regalis –
M. rufipes –
M. sapphirina –
M. simillima
Name
Mesoplia Lepeletier, 1841: 457
Type species: Mesocheira azurea Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825 by monotypy.
Synonyms
- Melissa Smith, 1854 [Type species: Mesocheira azurea Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 by subsequent designation: Sandhouse, G.A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519–619.]
- Eumelissa Snelling & Brooks, 1985 [Type species: Melissa decorata Smith, 1854 by original designation.]
References
- Lepeletier, A.L.M. 1841: Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2, 680 pp.
- Rozen, J.G., Vinson, S.B., Coville, R, Frankie, G, Melo, G.A.R. & Rocha-Filho, L.C. 2011. Biology of the Cleptoparasitic Bee Mesoplia sapphirina (Ericrocidini) and its Host Centris flavofasciata (Centridini) (Apidae: Apinae) M. sapphirina pp. 30–34 DOI: 10.1206/3723.2
- Snelling, R.R. & Brooks, R.W. 1985: A review of the genera of cleptoparasitic bees of the tribe Ericrocini (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. 369: 1–34.