Species info
Classification > Subfamily Nomadinae > Tribe Ericrocidini > Genus Mesoplia
Mesoplia rufipes (Perty, 1833)
Lateral view of female of Mesoplia rufipes (Perty, 1833)
Lateral view of female of <i>Mesoplia rufipes </i> (Perty, 1833)
Lateral view of female of Mesoplia rufipes (Perty, 1833)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Parasite bees
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Brazil and Paraguay
 
Synonyms
  • Melissa charruana Holmberg, 1884
  • Mesoplia spinipes Hiller & Wittmann, 1994
Observations
Mesoplia rufipes is a cleptoparasite of numerous species of Centris and Epicharis (Zamarripa-Fernández et al. 2025).
References
  • HOLMBERG, E. L. 1887a. Sobre ápidos nómadas de la República Argentina. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 23: 17-33
  • SCHROTTKY, C. 1902a. Ensaio sobre as abelhas solitarias do Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paul. 5: 330-613.
  • SCHROTTKY, C. 1913. La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286
  • ZAMARRIPA-FERNÁNDEZ, J. Á., HINOJOSA-DÍAZ, I., LUIS-MARTÍNEZ, M. A., & AYALA, R. 2025. Taxonomic revision and distribution of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Mesoplia (Apidae: Ericrocidini) from Mexico and Central America. Revista mexicana de biodiversidad, 96: e965539
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