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Acanthopus palmatus (Olivier, 1789)
Apis palmata Olivier, A. G. (1789). Abeille pp. 46-84 in M. M. Diderot & D' Alembert (ed.) Encyclopédie Métodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes Vol. 4. Paris: Pankouke 331 pp. [68] .
Type data: Type whereabouts unknown <?>.
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne.

Apis splendida Fabricius, J. C. (1793). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae: Christian Gottlieb Proft Vol. 2 1-519 pp. [316] .
Type data: Type whereabouts unknown <?>.
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne.

Acanthopus splendidus modestior Ducke, A. (1907). Contribution a la connaissance de la faune hyménoptérologique du Nord-Est du Brésil. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 26 (5/6): 73-96 [86] (Name proposed originally as Acanthopus splendidus var. modestior) .
Type data: lectotype MPEG <?> [sex of lectotype not indicated].
Subsequent designation: Nascimento, P. T. R. (1979). Catálogo de tipos entomológicos do Museu Goeldi. Hymenoptera. Bol. Mus. Para. Emilio Goeldi, Zool. 98: 1-18 [2] .
Type locality: Brazil, Maranhão, São Luís.

Acanthopus splendidus urichi Cockerell, T. D. A. (1926). Descriptions and records of bees. CXI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 17: 657-665 [657] .
Type data: holotype USNM <M>.
Type locality: Trinidad and Tobago.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão [São Luís], Mato Grosso [Campo Novo Do Parecis], Pará), French Guiana (Cayenne), Trinidad and Tobago

References

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