Eulaema Lepeletier, 1841
Remarks
The placement here of the species of Eulaema in the subgenera has been updated following the results of Ramírez et al. (2010), derived from molecular data, and new morphological evidence (G. A. R. Melo, unpubl.).
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones), Belize, Bolivia (Cochabamba, El Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre [Bujari, Porto Acre, Rio Branco, Senador Guiomard], Alagoas [Ibateguara, Murici, São José Da Laje], Amapá [Calçoene, Macapá, Serra Do Navio], Amazonas [Benjamin Constant, Boca Do Acre, Carauari, Iranduba, Itacoatiara, Manaus, Maués, Parintins, Presidente Figueiredo, Rio Preto Da Eva, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, São Paulo De Olivença, Tabatinga, Tapauá], Bahia [Belmonte, Cairu, Camacan, Campo Formoso, Coaraci, Guaratinga, Ibirapitanga, Igrapiúna, Ilhéus, Itabuna, Itamaraju, Itatim, Ituberá, Lençóis, Maraú, Piraí Do Norte, Porto Seguro, Prado, Salvador, Santa Bárbara, Taperoá, Teixeira De Freitas, Umburanas, Una, Uruçuca, Utinga, Valença], Ceará [Baturité, Caridade, Guaramiranga, Piquet Carneiro, Quixadá, Ubajara], Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo [Aracruz, Barra De São Francisco, Conceição Da Barra, Domingos Martins, Guarapari, Linhares, Pinheiros, Presidente Kennedy, Santa Teresa, Sooretama, São Mateus], Goiás [Anápolis, Bonfinópolis, Goianápolis, Goiânia, Leopoldo De Bulhões, Nerópolis, Senador Canedo, Terezópolis De Goiás], Maranhão [Alcântara, Bacabal, Barreirinhas, Brejo, Buriti, Buriticupu, Carutapera, Chapadinha, Codó, Coroatá, Davinópolis, Dom Pedro, Formosa Da Serra Negra, São Benedito Do Rio Preto, São Bernardo, São Luís, Timbiras, Urbano Santos, Vitória Do Mearim], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães, Confresa, Nova Mutum, Querência, Ribeirão Cascalheira], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bodoquena, Bonito, Campo Grande, Dourados, Ivinhema], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Barroso, Belo Horizonte, Brasilândia De Minas, Brumadinho, Caratinga, Catas Altas, Diamantina, Ibirité, Ipatinga, Itabirito, Itamarandiba, Jequitinhonha, Lima Duarte, Marliéria, Nova Lima, Ouro Preto, Ponte Nova, Sabará, Santa Maria Do Salto, Santana Do Riacho, São Gonçalo Do Rio Abaixo, São Gonçalo Do Rio Preto, Uberaba, Uberlândia, Viçosa], Paraná [Alvorada Do Sul, Curitiba, Guaraqueçaba, Lobato, Londrina, Palotina, Primeiro De Maio, Rancho Alegre, São José Dos Pinhais, Telêmaco Borba], Paraíba [Areia, João Pessoa, Mamanguape, Rio Tinto], Pará [Altamira, Anajás, Belém, Conceição Do Araguaia, Itaituba, Monte Alegre, Oriximiná, Paragominas, Parauapebas, Santarém, Tailândia, Óbidos], Pernambuco [Cabo De Santo Agostinho, Camaragibe, Caruaru, Goiana, Jaqueira, Recife], Piauí [Piracuruca], Rio Grande do Norte [Natal], Rio Grande do Sul [Cambará Do Sul, Osório, Planalto, Tenente Portela, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Cachoeiras De Macacu, Campos Dos Goytacazes, Casimiro De Abreu, Duque De Caxias, Macaé, Rio De Janeiro, Silva Jardim, São Fidélis, São Francisco De Itabapoana, São José De Ubá, Trajano De Morais], Rondônia [Ariquemes, Ouro Preto Do Oeste, Pimenta Bueno, Porto Velho, São Miguel Do Guaporé], Roraima [Caracaraí], Santa Catarina [Joinville], São Paulo [Agudos, Alvinlândia, Barra Bonita, Bauru, Bertioga, Campinas, Cananéia, Caraguatatuba, Corumbataí, Franco Da Rocha, Guarulhos, Gália, Ilhabela, Iporanga, Jundiaí, Mairiporã, Mogi Das Cruzes, Patrocínio Paulista, Paulo De Faria, Pindamonhangaba, Ribeirão Preto, Rio Claro, Salesópolis, São Paulo, São Sebastião, Teodoro Sampaio, Ubatuba], Tocantins [Esperantina]), Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Boyaca, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (San José), Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Napo, Tungurahua), El Salvador, French Guiana (Cayenne), Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua, Panama (Chiriquí, Panamá), Paraguay, Peru (Amazonas, Ancash, Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huánuco, Junín, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martín, Ucayali), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Distrito Federal, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Mérida, Táchira, Yaracuy, Zulia)
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