taxonID	type	description	language	source
F75187E14F28FFFDF0CAFC8EFC2F6C1F.taxon	description	Snelling (1993) found a new species of Hylaeus Fabricius which is not yet described. This constitutes the first native record of the genus for Greater Puerto Rico. In the Greater Antilles the subgenus is now known from Jamaica (4 species; Snelling 1982; Raw 1984), Cuba (1 species; R. R. Snelling, personal communication, 1995) and Hispaniola (1 species; Genaro 2007).	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F28FFFDF0CAFD6EFD396B1F.taxon	description	Native to the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico, extending from Colorado and Coahuila to California (Hurd 1979; Snelling 1994).	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F2AFFFFF0CAFDEEFE1E6B7F.taxon	description	Baker (1906) did not designate holotypes in his original description of the Cuban species of Lasioglossum Curtis; therefore all specimens which bear his handwriting and were labeled at the time of the description should be considered syntypes. Baker deposited this material in his own collection which was later sent to the USNM. Other specimens with his handwriting are deposited at AMNH and may perhaps be found in other collections.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F2AFFF0F0CAF92EFEFF6CA1.taxon	description	New record: ST JOHN, Leinstern bay, 13 - 16. ii. 1969, col. H. E. Evans ”; and “ ST JOHN, Coral Harbor, 12 - 14. ii. 1969, coll. H. E. Evans ” (5 females in USNM). The senior author (JAG) observed females in Puerto Rico nesting in vertical banks at Guánica and El Túnel de Guajataca, Quebradillas. This is a widespread species occurring throughout the Greater Puerto Rican islands.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F25FFF1F0CAF904FDAD6A5F.taxon	description	The species placed in the subgenus Pseudocentron Mitchell are very similar in their morphology; and this has led to some misidentifications. The senior author (JAG) and Moure (1960 a) have repeatedly come across specimens of M. holosericea identified as M. vitracii Pérez in United States museum collections. Moure (1960 a) reviewed the types of these species and clarified the taxonomic status of each. Ashmead (1900) and Moure at al. (2007) recorded Megachile poeyi Guérin-Méneville from Puerto Rico. We have seen no corresponding specimens in the material available to us. It is likely that Ashmead’s specimens pertain to the very similar M. holosericea. Megachile singularis Cresson (1865) is another misidentification from Puerto Rico by Ashmead (1900; see also above). Cresson (1865) described this species based on males from Cuba. We have seen no specimens matching that description among the Puerto Rican material studied, and therefore suspect that this record is based on misidentified specimens - possibly males of M. holosericea. A male of M. holosericea was preyed on by the asilid fly Proctacanthus danforthi Curran in Humacao, Puerto Rico (1. vi. 2006) (Fig. 8).	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F24FFF1F0CAFD4EFBDF6D5F.taxon	description	We examined the specimens recorded by Wolcott (1948) as “ M. insularis Cresson ” that were identified by Karl V. Krombein (located in MEBT-MC and UPRM), these are actually M. concinna. Wolcott (1936) apparently misunderstood the name Megachile singularis Cresson mentioned in Ashmead (1900) interpreting it to be Megachile insularis Cresson. Since then, the erroneous name has remained in use; e. g. Krombein (personal communication, 1997) merely copied the name M. insularis as listed in Wolcott’s (1948) Insects of Puerto Rico. A different and valid species described as M. insularis F. Smith, 1859 is from Aru, one of the southern Indonesian islands. This latter species was described by F. Smith in 1859. Incidentally, it also belongs to the subgenus Eutricharaea (Michener 1965).	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F24FFF3F0CAF90EFB21691F.taxon	description	New record: PUERTO RICO, Aguada, 6. ix. 1979, coll. I. Bello (female, UPRM).	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F26FFF3F0CAFB8EFAE76DBF.taxon	description	One female housed in the USNM collection and with the following label data seems to have been temporarily misplaced: Borinquen, Puerto Rico, 18. vi. 1944, plane 5978, # 1918, lo. no. 44 19590. This specimen was studied by the senior author (JAG) in 1999 while visiting the collection. The reddish-brown color on metasomal tergum I is more extensively present in the basal area (in C. spinosa this coloration occurs only laterally), the apical process of metasomal sternum VI is short (versus elongate in C. spinosa; Fig. 15 B), and the apical margin of tergum VI is tridentate. Drawings of the female’s scutellum, axillae and apex of the metasoma were published by Genaro (2001) as erroneously pertaining to C. spinosa.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F26FFF3F0CAFE8EFC656A5F.taxon	description	The records from Cuba (Sagra 1856; Ashmead 1900; Friese 1902, 1921) are erroneous. Gundlach (1886) noted that this species occurs in Puerto Rico yet not in Cuba.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F21FFF4F0CAFB8EFB8B6DFF.taxon	description	Snelling (personal communication, 1999) rightly considers Cockerell’s C. lepeletieri as a nomen nudum because the original description only provided remarks on how specimens of C. haemorrhoidalis from Hispaniola differ from those of a putative Jamaican species for which he proposed the name C. lepeletieri. There are no statements describing features of C. lepeletieri.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F21FFF4F0CAFF2EFE166C1F.taxon	description	Antilles, Puerto Rico (including Culebra, Desecheo, and Mona Islands), and United States Virgin Is- lands (St. Thomas).	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F21FFF4F0CAFF2EFE166C1F.taxon	description	Guianas, British Virgin Islands (Guana Island), Hispaniola, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, and Puerto Rico (including key Caja de Muerto and Mona Island). It is common to observe C. decolorata in sandy areas along coasts, where females nest and males are involved in perching (Torres and Snelling 1992; personal observations of authors; see Fig. 18). The MEBT- MC and UPRM collections contain specimens of this species identified by K. V. Krombein as C. versicolor (Fabricius). Wolcott (1923, 1936, 1948) erroneously reported this species from Puerto Rico (cf. Torres and Snelling 1992). Additional misidentifications of this kind appear in Dewitz (1881), Ståhl (1882), and Maldonado Capriles and Navarro (1967). According to R. R. Snelling (personal communication, 1999), C. versicolor is limited to the Lesser Antilles; however several Greater Antillean species have been misidentified as C. versicolor.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F21FFF4F0CAF9EEFC196F1F.taxon	description	Gribodo (1892) mentioned this species’ distribution. It is common to observe C. lanipes gathering sand for nest construction along trails of the Guánica dry forest reserve in southwestern Puerto Rico. This species may also use preexisting cavities located in various substrates, as occurs in other species of the subgenus Heterocentris (Snelling 1984; Vinson et al. 1996).	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F20FFF5F0CAFC8EFC4E6C5F.taxon	description	Although the type locality is Cuba this species has never been collected on that island. Perhaps there is a mistake in the type specimens‘s locality data. New records: ST KITTS, South Friars bay, 5 km 17 ° 16.5 ’ N, 62 ° 40.7 ’ W, 15. ii. 2002, coll. D. Brzoska, det. R. W. Brooks, 2002 (female, NHMUK); ST CROIX, WI, F. 5024, 6. iii. 1925, det. J. A. Genaro, 2006 (female, NHMUK).	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F20FFF5F0CAFB4EFD8B6D9F.taxon	description	In his studies of the Jamaican fauna, Raw (1976, 1977; reiterated in Rozen 1984) referred to this species as E. globosa (Fabr.).	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F20FFF6F0CAFA0EFE1768DF.taxon	description	Timberlake (1980) treated Apis globosa Fabricius as a senior synonym of E. pulchella Cresson, without explanation.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F23FFF6F0CAFBAEFE5B6E1F.taxon	description	GD: Eastern United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico (first record), Central and South America (LaBerge and Ribble, 1966; Urban, 1970). New record: PUERTO RICO, Toa Baja, 2. viii. 1984, coll. J. A. Torres (1 female, MNHNCu); Real Anón, Coto Laurel, Ponce, v. 1994, coll. J. A. Genaro (1 female, MNHNCu). Cockerell (1906), LaBerge and Ribble (1966), and Moure and Michener (1955) considered F. condignus and F. lanierii as the same species, but Urban (1970) and Moure et al. (2007) treated them as separate species without explanation. This species is variable according to pubescence color (LaBerge and Ribble, 1966). The female specimens from Puerto Rico have white hairs at the base of first metasomal tergum while Cuban females have black and white hairs.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F23FFF6F0CAFDEEFD1F6C3F.taxon	description	LaBerge and Moure (1962) synonymized M. trifasciata with M. nigroaenea F. Smith, 1854, an older name for a species from Brazil, without offering additional comments. These authors furthermore designated a lectotype female for M. nigroaenea deposited in the Hope Department of Entomology, Oxford University. However, both species seem to be distinct (D. Urban, personal communication 2007), and are treated separately by Moure et al. (2007). On the other hand, LaBerge communicated to Snelling (R. R. Snelling, personal communication 1997) that “ M. nigroaenea seems to be limited to South America ”. It would be useful to learn why these authors amended their earlier perspective. LaBerge and Moure (1962) offered descriptive notes on the lectotype and paratype females of M. nigroaenea. Therein they mentioned some differences in hair coloration between that species and M. trifasciata. The authors offered little information on surface sculpturing which tends to be more reliable characters for species recognition. Here we treat both species as distinct.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F23FFF7F0CAF8EEFD5D68DF.taxon	description	(1900), Friese (1902), and Gundlach (1887).	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F22FFF7F0CAFCEEFDF76D3F.taxon	description	The taxonomy of species placed in the genus Mesoplia Lepeletier is in an unsatisfactory state, hampered by inaccurate information on distributions and unresolved problems of synonymy. The usage of names for Antillean species is therefore compromised. Snelling and Brooks (1985) reviewed the genera of cleptoparasitic bees in the tribe Ericrocidini (misspelled as Ericrocini by these authors: refer to Engel 2005), including the genus Mesoplia, however that work did not extend to the species level. Moure (1960 b) studied the holotype of M. rufipes, commenting on issues of synonymy, and established three species groups within the genus. He placed M. rufipes and M. azurea (Lepeletier and Serville, 1828) in the same group. Several authors have treated M. rufipes and M. azurea as synonyms without providing additional comments (i. e.; Cresson 1865; Gundlach 1886; Dalla Torre 1896; Friese 1902; Ducke 1912). According to G. Melo (personal communication, 2007), M. rufipes is restricted to the continental mainland; a revision of the species is in preparation and will clarify the proper names and distributions of the Antillean species, not clarified in Moure et al. (2007).	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F22FFF7F0CAFECEFEF96AFF.taxon	description	Linsley (1943) described the female as Melecta (Melectomorpha) pentalon [sic] based on one specimen collected at Lares (3. xi. 1922, coll. F. Seín). After examining this specimen at MEBT-MC, we concluded that it is actually a male. The specimen was identified as Melecta sp. by K. Krombein before he sent it to E. G. Linsley for identification (Linsley 1943). Subsequently, R. Snelling identified the specimen as X. pantalon. Neither of these specialists placed a gender label on the specimen. We have examined two additional Puerto Rican specimens deposited in UPRM, with the following label data: “ Aguada, Cerro Gordo, 23. viii. 1987, coll. Douglas II ”, a female; and Orocovis, 3. x. 1979, coll. AEQ ”, a male.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F22FFF7F0CAFAAEFB1C6EFF.taxon	description	This species has been misidentified throughout the Caribbean as either X. brasilianorum (Linnaeus, 1767) or, less frequently, as X. morio (Fabricius, 1793). Both misidentifications refer to Brazilian species not present in the West Indies (Hurd 1978). Moure (2003) provided taxonomic notes on X. mordax. The common name of this species in Puerto Rico is “ cigarrón ” (large cigar). Martorell (1976) and O’Farril- Nieves and Medina-Gaud (2007) mention that this species drills into dry branches and tree trunks. Jackson and Woodbury (1976) and Jackson (1986) studied the nectar and pollen-gathering activities and nesting sites of X. mordax. Rivera-Marchand and Ackerman (2006) determined that this species was the only effective pollinator of the cactus Pilosocereus royenii (L.) Byles and Rowley.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F22FFE8F0CAF8EEFC2D691F.taxon	description	GD: Cosmopolitan; present on most or all of the islands of Greater Puerto Rico, except Mona Island. The domestic honey bee, introduced from Europe by colonists in the 17 th century (Engel 1999 a), has colonized Puerto Rico for a long time. According to Ledru (1863) and Gundlach (1887), the species was already well established in the island’s non-cultivated habitats.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F3DFFE8F0CAFDCEFDD46ADF.taxon	description	Moure and Hurd (1987) cited A. poeyi from Puerto Rico and Genaro (2007), following these authors, did the same. However, there is no reliable evidence that this species occurs in Puerto Rico. The specimens cited by Dewitz (1881) as A. festivus Cresson, 1865 (a synonym of A. poeyi), and as A. poeyi were in all likelihood misidentifications.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F3DFFE8F0CAFC0EFA9A6D1F.taxon	description	This species was previously regarded as the most widespread halictine species in the New World, however recent electrophoretic and molecular analyses have shown that two species are involved (Carman and Packer 1997; Danforth et al., 1998). The Caribbean species is Halictus poeyi Lepeletier (Carman and Packer 1997; Genaro 2007; L. Packer and J. A. Genaro, unpublished data). Ashmead (1900) recorded H. ligatus as occurring in Puerto Rico, under the synonym H. poeyi Lepeletier. However, Wolcott (1948) expressed the view that H. poeyi as listed by Ashmead is actuality one of the Lasioglossum (Dialictus) species listed above. In absence of evidence to the contrary, we accept Wolcott’s conclusions.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
F75187E14F3DFFE8F0CAFA8EFD656DDF.taxon	description	Recorded from Puerto Rico by Ståhl (1882), Gundlach (1887), and Friese (1902). These records are apparently misidentifications of M. trifasciata.	en	Genaro, Julio A., Franz, Nico M. (2008): The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 2008 (40): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
