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Epicharis (Epicharis) elegans Smith, 1861
Epicharis elegans Smith, F. (1861). Descriptions of new genera and species of exotic Hymenoptera. J. Entomol. 1: 146-155 [152] .
Type data: syntype BMNH 17B.937 <F><M>.
Type locality: Mexico.

Epicharis (Epicharis) salazari Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [480] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58890 <F>.
Type locality: El Salvador, Santa Tecla.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Guanacaste), El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Yucatan), Nicaragua

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [17] (Distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [98] (Catalog, distribution)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [301]
Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [260] (Taxonomy (as Centris (Epicharis)))
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A. (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [563] (Catalog)
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [150] (Descriptive note)
Michener, C. D. & Lange, R. B. (1958). Observations on the ethology of neotropical anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 39 (3): 69-96 [90] (Nesting behavior, distribution (as Epicharis elegans))
Moure, J. S. (1945). Notas sôbre os Epicharitina (Hymenopt., Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 16 (3): 293-314 [296, 299] (Distribution)
Moure, J. S. & Seabra, C. A. C. (1959). Notas sobre abelhas do gênero Epicharis (Hym., Apoidea). Stud. Entomol. (Rio J.) 2 (1-4): 119-127 [122] (Comparative note)
Smith, F. (1874). A revision of the genera Epicharis, Centris, Eulema, and Euglossa, belonging to the family Apidae, section Scopulipedes. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 13: 318-322 [319]
Snelling, R. R. (1984). Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American Centridini bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. 347: 1-69 [58] (Distribution records)
Wille, A. (1958). A comparative study of the dorsal vessels of bees. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 51 (6): 538-546 [543, 545] (Morphology)

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