Melissodes (Ecplectica) nigroaenea (Smith, 1854)

Mahlmann, Thiago, Hipolito, Juliana & de Oliveira, Favizia F., 2014, Male sleeping aggregation of multiple Eucerini bee genera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil, Biodiversity Data Journal 2, pp. 1556-1556 : 1556

Melissodes (Ecplectica) nigroaenea (Smith, 1854)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: INPA s/n ; recordNumber: s/n; recordedBy: T.Mahlmann et al.; individualCount: 2; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; behavior: 03 males sleeping on dried flower; establishmentMeans: native; preparations: pinned; disposition: good; Taxon: taxonID: Native; scientificName: Melissodesnigroaenea; acceptedNameUsage: Melissodes (Ecplectica) nigroaenea (Smith, 1854); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Melissodes; subgenus: Ecplectica; specificEpithet: nigroaenea; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Smith, 1854); Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BRA; stateProvince: Bahia; municipality: Ventura; locality: Chapada Diamantina, Morro do Chapeu ; locationRemarks: label transliteration: "BRA, Bahia, Morro do Chapéu, Ventura, 29.i.2011; 15h30; 11°40′10.4″S; 40°58′12″W, T.Mahlmann & J. Hipólito Leg."; "03 males sleeping on dried flower": Lamiaceae, aff. Hyptis sp."; verbatimCoordinates: 11°40′10.4″S 40°58′12″W; decimalLatitude: -11.669556; decimalLongitude: -40.970000; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: T.Mahlmann; dateIdentified: 2014; Event: samplingProtocol: sweeping; eventDate: 2011. i.29; eventTime: 15h30; year: 2011; month: 1; day: 29; Record Level: language: pt; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen