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Mesocheira bicolor (Fabricius, 1804)
Melecta bicolor Fabricius, J. C. (1804). Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae: Reichard 1-439 pp. [386] .
Type data: lectotype ZMUC <F>.
Subsequent designation: Moure, J. S. (1960). Notes on the types of the Neotropical bees described by Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Stud. Entomol. (Rio J.) 3 (1-4): 97-160 [137] .
Type locality: 'Ex. Am. mer.' [according to Moure (1960: 137), probably from Guyana].

Mesocheira pulchella Holmberg, E. L. (1887). Sobre ápidos nómadas de la República Argentina. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 23: 17-33 [19] .
Type data: syntype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: Argentina, Chaco; Paraguay.

Mesocheira bicolor elizabethae Cockerell, T. D. A. (1910). Some bees from Ecuador. Psyche 17: 247 [247] .
Type data: holotype USNM 40116 <F>.
Type locality: Ecuador, 'Portobelo'.

Exaerete bilamellosa Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [485] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58895 <F>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.

Exaerete melanura Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [486] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58896 <M>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Chaco), Brazil (Amapá [Macapá], Amazonas, Bahia [Itatim], Ceará [Guaramiranga], Maranhão [Formosa Da Serra Negra], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bodoquena, Corumbá, Porto Murtinho], Pará, Pernambuco [Caruaru], Santa Catarina [Três Barras]), Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla), Panama, Paraguay

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