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Eufriesea Cockerell, 1908
Plusia Hoffmannsegg, G. J. C. (1817). Entomologische Bemerkunde bei Gelegenheit der Abhandlungen über amerikanische Insekten. Zool. Mag. 1: 8-56 [52] (junior homonym of Plusia Ochsenheimer, 1816) .
Type species: Plusia superba Hoffmannsegg, 1817 by monotypy.

Eumorpha Friese, H. (1899). Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Termeszetr. Fuz. 22: 117-172 [126] (junior homonym of Eumorpha Hübner, 1807) .
Type species: Euglossa pulchra Smith, 1854 by subsequent designation, see Cockerell, T. D. A. (1908). Notes on the bees-genus Exaerete. Psyche 15: 41-42 [41] .

Eufriesea Cockerell, T. D. A. (1908). Notes on the bees-genus Exaerete. Psyche 15: 41-42 [41] (nom. nov. for Eumorpha Friese, 1899) .
Type species: Euglossa pulchra Smith, 1854 by monotypy.

Euplusia Moure, J. S. (1943). Abelhas de Batatais (Hym. Apoidea). Arq. Mus. Paranaense 3: 145-203 [189] (nom. nov. for Plusia Hoffmannsegg, 1817) .
Type species: Plusia superba Hoffmannsegg, 1817 .

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kimsey, L.S. (1979). Synonymy of the genus Euplusia Moure under Eufriesia Cockerell (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 55: 126-126 [126]
Kimsey, L. S. (1982). Systematics of bees of the genus Eufriesea (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 95: 1-125 [15, 16]

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro de Arteaga, Sonora, Tamaulipas), United States of America (New Mexico, Texas); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Catamarca, Córdoba, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Belize, Bolivia (Cochabamba, El Beni, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Brazil (Acre [Bujari, Porto Acre, Rio Branco, Senador Guiomard], Amapá [Macapá], Amazonas [Boca Do Acre, Itacoatiara, Manaus, Santo Antônio Do Içá, São Paulo De Olivença, Tabatinga, Tefé], Bahia [Barra, Camacan, Campo Formoso, Eunápolis, Ilhéus, Itamaraju, Ituberá, Lençóis, Mucugê, Porto Seguro, Prado, Una, Uruçuca], Ceará [Ubajara], Espírito Santo [Conceição Da Barra, Linhares, Santa Teresa, Sooretama, São Mateus], Goiás, Maranhão [Alcântara, Bacabal, Barreirinhas, Brejo, Buriti, Buriticupu, Carutapera, Chapadinha, Codó, Coroatá, Dom Pedro, Formosa Da Serra Negra, São Benedito Do Rio Preto, São Bernardo, São Luís, Timbiras, Urbano Santos, Vitória Do Mearim], Mato Grosso [Cotriguaçu, Juína, Ribeirão Cascalheira], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bodoquena, Dourados, Naviraí, Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais [Barbacena, Barroso, Belo Horizonte, Brumadinho, Caratinga, Catas Altas, Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Lagoa Santa, Lima Duarte, Marliéria, Ouro Preto, Santa Maria Do Salto, Santana Do Riacho, Serro, Uberlândia, Viçosa], Paraná [Alvorada Do Sul, Foz Do Iguaçu, Guaraqueçaba, Londrina, Palotina, Pontal Do Paraná, Primeiro De Maio, Rancho Alegre, Santa Terezinha De Itaipu, Telêmaco Borba], Paraíba [Santa Luzia], Pará [Altamira, Anajás, Belém, Santarém, Tailândia], Pernambuco [Cabo De Santo Agostinho, Camaragibe, Recife], Piauí [Piracuruca], Rio Grande do Sul [Arroio Do Meio, Cambará Do Sul, Candelária, Guaíba, Itati, Nova Petrópolis, Osório, Planalto, São Francisco De Paula, São Marcos, São Pedro Do Sul, Tenente Portela, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Campos Dos Goytacazes, Itatiaia, Rio De Janeiro, Teresópolis, Trajano De Morais], Rondônia [Ouro Preto Do Oeste, Porto Velho], Roraima [Caracaraí], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Indaial, Joinville, Lebon Régis, São Francisco Do Sul, Urussanga], Sergipe [Itabaiana], São Paulo [Agudos, Alvinlândia, Batatais, Bauru, Bertioga, Campos Do Jordão, Cananéia, Franco Da Rocha, Guarujá, Guarulhos, Gália, Ilhabela, Jundiaí, Mairiporã, Mogi Das Cruzes, Nazaré Paulista, Patrocínio Paulista, Piracicaba, Rio Claro, Salesópolis, São Carlos, São Paulo, São Sebastião, Ubatuba], Tocantins [Lagoa Da Confusão]), Colombia (Amazonas, Cauca, Magdalena, Meta, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, Puntarenas, San José), Ecuador (Los Ríos, Napo, Pichincha), El Salvador, French Guiana (Kourou), Guatemala (Guatemala, Santa Rosa), Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama (Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Coclé, Colón, Darién, Panamá), Paraguay, Peru (Cuzco, Huánuco, Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín), Suriname (Brokopondo, Marowijne), Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Distrito Federal, Mérida, Táchira, Zulia)

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Available Species

Eufriesea aeneiventris (Mocsáry, 1896)
Eufriesea anisochlora (Kimsey, 1977)
Eufriesea atlantica Nemésio, 2008
Eufriesea auriceps (Friese, 1899)
Eufriesea auripes (Gribodo, 1882)
Eufriesea bare González & Gaiani, 1989
Eufriesea barthelli Gonzalez & Griswold, 2017
Eufriesea boharti (Kimsey, 1977)
Eufriesea brasilianorum (Friese, 1899)
Eufriesea buchwaldi (Friese, 1923)
Eufriesea chaconi González & Gaiani, 1989
Eufriesea chalybaea (Friese, 1923)
Eufriesea chrysopyga (Mocsáry, 1898)
Eufriesea coerulescens (Lepeletier, 1841)
Eufriesea combinata (Mocsáry, 1897)
Eufriesea concava (Friese, 1899)
Eufriesea convexa (Friese, 1899)
Eufriesea corusca (Kimsey, 1977)
Eufriesea danielis (Schrottky, 1907)
Eufriesea dentilabris (Mocsáry, 1897)
Eufriesea distinguenda (Gribodo, 1882)
Eufriesea dressleri (Kimsey, 1977)
Eufriesea duckei (Friese, 1923)
Eufriesea eburneocincta (Kimsey, 1977)
Eufriesea elegans (Lepeletier, 1841)
Eufriesea engeli Gonzalez & Griswold, 2017
Eufriesea excellens (Friese, 1925)
Eufriesea fallax (Smith, 1854)
Eufriesea flaviventris (Friese, 1899)
Eufriesea formosa (Mocsáry, 1908)
Eufriesea fragrocara (Kimsey, 1977)
Eufriesea fuscatra (Moure, 1999)
Eufriesea heideri Nemésio & Bembé, 2008
Eufriesea kimimari González & Gaiani, 1989
Eufriesea laniventris (Ducke, 1902)
Eufriesea limbata (Mocsáry, 1897)
Eufriesea longipennis (Friese, 1925)
Eufriesea lucida (Kimsey, 1977)
Eufriesea lucifera Kimsey, 1977
Eufriesea macroglossa (Moure, 1965)
Eufriesea magrettii (Friese, 1899)
Eufriesea mariana (Mocsáry, 1896)
Eufriesea mexicana (Mocsáry, 1897)
Eufriesea micheneri Ayala & Engel, 2008
Eufriesea mussitans (Fabricius, 1787)
Eufriesea nigrescens (Friese, 1923)
Eufriesea nigrohirta (Friese, 1899)
Eufriesea nordestina (Moure, 1999)
Eufriesea oliveri Gonzalez & Griswold, 2017
Eufriesea opulenta (Mocsáry, 1908)
Eufriesea ornata (Mocsáry, 1896)
Eufriesea pallida (Kimsey, 1977)
Eufriesea pretiosa (Friese, 1903)
Eufriesea pulchra (Smith, 1854)
Eufriesea purpurata (Mocsáry, 1896)
Eufriesea pyrrhopyga Faria & Melo, 2011
Eufriesea rufocauda (Kimsey, 1977)
Eufriesea rugosa (Friese, 1899)
Eufriesea schmidtiana (Friese, 1925)
Eufriesea simillima (Moure & Michener, 1965)
Eufriesea smaragdina (Perty, 1833)
Eufriesea superba (Hoffmannsegg, 1817)
Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eufriesea theresiae (Mocsáry, 1908)
Eufriesea tucumana (Schrottky, 1902)
Eufriesea velutina (Moure, 1999)
Eufriesea venezolana (Schrottky, 1913)
Eufriesea venusta (Moure, 1965)
Eufriesea vidua (Moure, 1976)
Eufriesea violacea (Blanchard, 1840)
Eufriesea violascens (Mocsáry, 1898)
Eufriesea zhangi Nemésio & Santos Júnior, 2013