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Melissodes rufipes  LaBerge, 1961
Taxonomic Serial No.: 699381

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyApoidea  – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps  
                                           FamilyApidae  – euglossine, euglossines, honey bees, stingless bees  
                                              SubfamilyApinae   
                                                 TribeEucerini  – Long-horned Bees  
                                                    SubtribeEucerina   
                                                       GenusMelissodes Latreille, 1829  
                                                          SpeciesMelissodes rufipes LaBerge, 1961  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John S. Ascher, PhD  
  Notes: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore   
  Reference for: Melissodes rufipes    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-54, website (version Draft-54)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 01 February, 2020. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species   
  Reference for: Melissodes rufipes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): LaBerge, Wallace E.  
  Publication Date: 1961   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Revision of the Bees of the Genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III (Hymenoptera: Apidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 5   
  Page(s): 283-661   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-8850   
  Notes: Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10604326   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

   

 Comments
       
  Comment: Two males from AZ examined by John S. Ascher, PhD appear to be Melissodes rufipes LaBerge, 1961  
 

 

   

 
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