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Melissodes (Ecplectica) nigroaenea (Smith, 1854)
Tetralonia nigroaenea Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [305] .
Type data: lectotype OUM <F>.
Subsequent designation: LaBerge, W. E. & Moure, J. S. (1962). Type specimens of American Eucerini bees deposited in the British Museum (Hymenoptera- Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Fed. Paraná, Zool. 1 (11): 1-12 [7] .
Type locality: Brazil.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, San Juan, Tucumán), Bolivia, Brazil (Bahia [Caculé, Ilhéus, Itatim, Jequié, Maracás, Vitória Da Conquista], Ceará [Baturité, Caridade], Espírito Santo [Barra De São Francisco, Colatina, Fundão, Itaguaçu, Santa Leopoldina, Santa Teresa], Goiás [Goiânia], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bonito], Minas Gerais [Alpinópolis, Araxá, Barbacena, Belo Horizonte, Brasópolis, Cássia, Delfinópolis, Guaxupé, Ibiá, Itajubá, Jacuí, Passos, Perdizes, Poços De Caldas, Pratápolis, Sacramento, São Sebastião Do Paraíso, Varginha], Paraná [Antonina, Colombo, Curitiba, Foz Do Iguaçu, Maringá, Morretes, Palotina, Ponta Grossa, São José Dos Pinhais, Tibagi], Paraíba [Santa Luzia], Pará [Belém], Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul [Alegrete, Bagé, Esteio, Osório, Piratini, Planalto, Porto Alegre, São Marcos, Tenente Portela, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Duque De Caxias, Itatiaia, Petrópolis, Rio De Janeiro], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Joinville, Seara], São Paulo [Barueri, Campos Do Jordão, Itatiba, Jundiaí, Ribeira, Ribeirão Preto, Rio Claro, São Sebastião]), Costa Rica (San José), Paraguay, Peru (Cuzco), Uruguay

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