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Melissocleptis tainoi (Engel, 2006)

Sphecodes tainoi Engel, 2006:77, ♂♀. Holotype ♀, [Cuba], Laguito, Marianao, Hab. [Habana], IV/67 (Snow Entomological Collection, Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States, leg. P. Alayo). - Genaro, 2008Genaro, J.A. 2008. Origins, composition and distribution of the bees of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 52:1-16. (distribution); Engel, 2011Engel, M.S. 2011. A new species of Microsphecodes from Jamaica (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). ZooKeys 111:33-40. (distribution); Engel & Prado, 2014Engel, M.S. & S.G. Prado 2014. First record of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Sphecodes from Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of Melittology 39:1-6. (distribution); Gibbs, 2016Gibbs, J. 2016. Bees of the family Halictidae Thomson, 1869 from Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 180:1-50. (distribution). - As Melissocleptis tainoi: - Gonçalves, 2021Gonçalves, R.B. 2021. A revised genus-level classification for the Neotropical groups of the cleptoparasitic bee tribe Sphecodini Schenck (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae). Revista Brasileira de Biología 65 (1):1-10. (distribution), 5 (comb. nov.).

Point distribution map Cuba

distribution map and phenology of Melissocleptis tainoi (Engel, 2006) for Cuba

Number of specimens:

1-10

11-30

31-70

71-150

151-500

>500

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Literature

Engel, M.S. 2006. The Sphecodes of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Acta Zool. Cracov. 49B (1-2):73-78.
Engel, M.S. 2011. A new species of Microsphecodes from Jamaica (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). ZooKeys 111:33-40.
Engel, M.S. & S.G. Prado 2014. First record of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Sphecodes from Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of Melittology 39:1-6.
Genaro, J.A. 2008. Origins, composition and distribution of the bees of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 52:1-16.
Gibbs, J. 2016. Bees of the family Halictidae Thomson, 1869 from Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 180:1-50.
Gonçalves, R.B. 2021. A revised genus-level classification for the Neotropical groups of the cleptoparasitic bee tribe Sphecodini Schenck (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae). Revista Brasileira de Biología 65 (1):1-10.