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https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species&flags=HAS:

It is useful to click on "Checklist"
Then you can find all the synonyms in a checklist and can also find the draft number (now Draft 57 as of 2024)

This is routinely updated and each draft is numbered.
The current version is Draft-38, 14 January, 2014 (the year for this draft can be cited as 2014 not 2011).

 
thanks -- edited

 
Latest update: Draft-49, 20 October, 2017
Here is the correct link to the guide based on my data compilation: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species&flags=HAS:

The above-cited link goes to the generic "bee" page that links to ID nature guides, etc.

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