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Epicharis (Epicharis) Klug, 1807
Epicharis Klug, J. C. F. (1807). Kritische Revision der Beienengattungen in Fabricius neuem Piezatensysteme mit Berücksichtigung der Kirbyschen Bienefamilien und Illiger's Bemerkunde zu Kirbys Monographie. Mag. Insektenkd. (Illiger) 6: 200-228 [226] .
Subsequent designation: Desmaret, E. (1845). Epicharis pp. 356-356 in D'Orbigny, A.D. (ed.) Dictionnaire Universel D’histoire Naturelle Vol. 5. Paris: C. Renard [356] .
Type species: Epicharis dasypoda Klug, 1807 ( = Apis rustica Olivier) by subsequent designation, see Desmaret, E. (1845). Epicharis pp. 356-356 in D'Orbigny, A.D. (ed.) Dictionnaire Universel D’histoire Naturelle Vol. 5. Paris: C. Renard [356] .

Eucharis Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [300] (nom. nud.) .

Epicharana Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [144] (Proposed as Epicharis (Epicharana)) .
Type species: Apis rustica Olivier, 1789 by original designation.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones), Brazil (Acre, Amapá [Serra Do Navio], Amazonas [Itacoatiara, Manacapuru, Maués, Santo Antônio Do Içá, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, Tabatinga], Bahia [Feira De Santana, Salvador], Ceará, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás [Anápolis, Bonfinópolis, Goianápolis, Leopoldo De Bulhões, Nerópolis, Senador Canedo, Terezópolis De Goiás], Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul [Bonito, Ivinhema], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Lagoa Santa, Marliéria, Uberlândia], Paraná, Paraíba, Pará [Faro, São Geraldo Do Araguaia, Óbidos], Pernambuco [Caruaru], Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro [Rio De Janeiro], Rondônia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo [Campinas, Corumbataí, Jundiaí, Ourinhos, Rio Claro, São Sebastião, São Vicente, Ubatuba], Tocantins [Esperantina]), Colombia (Antioquia, Distrito Capital, Magdalena), Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Heredia, Puntarenas, San José), Ecuador (Tungurahua), El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Yucatan), Nicaragua, Panama (Coclé, Panamá), Paraguay, Peru (Junín, Loreto, San Martín), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

References

Melo, G.A.R. (2014). The type species of the bee genus Epicharis Klug, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Nat. Hist. 48 (35-36): 2177-2181 [2180] (Taxonomy)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [144] (Citation (as Xanthepicharis))

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023

Available Species

Epicharis (Epicharis) angulosa Snelling, 1984
Epicharis (Epicharis) bova Snelling, 1984
Epicharis (Epicharis) conica Smith, 1874
Epicharis (Epicharis) elegans Smith, 1861
Epicharis (Epicharis) flava Friese, 1900
Epicharis (Epicharis) lindigii Friese, 1899
Epicharis (Epicharis) pygialis (Friese, 1900)
Epicharis (Epicharis) rustica (Olivier, 1789)