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Euglossa (Glossura) imperialis Cockerell, 1922
Euglossa (Glossura) piliventris imperialis Cockerell, T. D. A. (1922). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 4. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 60 (18): 1-20 [6] .
Type data: holotype USNM 24882 <F>.
Type locality: Panama, 'Rio Trinidad'.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Acre [Bujari, Porto Acre, Rio Branco, Senador Guiomard], Alagoas [Ibateguara, Murici], Amazonas [Boca Do Acre, Manaus, Rio Preto Da Eva], Bahia [Camacan, Igrapiúna, Ilhéus, Itamaraju, Ituberá, Porto Seguro, Prado, Taperoá, Una, Uruçuca], Espírito Santo [Conceição Da Barra, Linhares, Pinheiros, Sooretama], Goiás [Goiânia], Maranhão [Buriticupu, São Luís], Mato Grosso [Apiacás, Barão De Melgaço, Chapada Dos Guimarães, Cotriguaçu, Cáceres, Novo Mundo, Pontes E Lacerda, Porto Estrela, Reserva Do Cabaçal, Ribeirão Cascalheira, Santo Antônio Do Leverger], Mato Grosso do Sul [Nova Alvorada Do Sul], Minas Gerais [Belo Horizonte, Ibirité, Santana Do Riacho, Uberaba, Uberlândia], Pará [Tailândia], Pernambuco [Cabo De Santo Agostinho, Jaqueira], Roraima [Caracaraí], São Paulo [Cajuru, Luís Antônio, Palmares Paulista, Patrocínio Paulista, Pedregulho]), Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico (Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Veracruz), Panama, Peru

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