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Eulaema (Eulaema) meriana (Olivier, 1789)
Apis meriana Olivier, A. G. (1789). Abeille pp. 46-84 in M. M. Diderot & D' Alembert (ed.) Encyclopédie Métodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes Vol. 4. Paris: Pankouke 331 pp. [64] .
Type data: neotype DZMG <M>.
Subsequent designation: Nemésio, A. & Rasmussen, C. (2011). Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006: 1-42 [9] .
Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Oriximiná.

Apis dimidiata Fabricius, J. C. (1793). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae: Christian Gottlieb Proft Vol. 2 1-519 pp. [316] (junior primary homonym of Apis dimidiata Olivier, 1789) .
Type data: neotype DZMG <M> (Nemésio & Rasmussen (2011:9) designated as neotype of <I>Apis dimidiata</I> the same specimen designated as neotype of <I>Apis meriana</I>, making them objective synonyms).
Subsequent designation: Nemésio, A. & Rasmussen, C. (2011). Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006: 1-42 [9] .
Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Oriximiná.

Remarks

The many named forms related to Eulaema meriana, more specifically E. atleticana, E. flavescens, E. pallescens, E. quadrifasciata, E. stenozona and E. terminata, are very similar in structure, differing only in the details of the tergal pilosity. They may all belong to a single polymorphic species (see Fig. 9 in Oliveira, 2006:282), but are here kept as separate taxa. A thorough study is necessary to better evaluate their status (G. A. R. Melo, unpubl.).

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil (Acre [Bujari, Porto Acre, Rio Branco, Senador Guiomard], Amapá [Calçoene, Macapá], Amazonas [Boca Do Acre, Itacoatiara, Manaus, Rio Preto Da Eva, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, São Paulo De Olivença], Bahia [Salvador], Ceará [Guaramiranga], Espírito Santo, Maranhão [Alcântara, Barreirinhas, Buriticupu, Carutapera, Chapadinha, Formosa Da Serra Negra, São Luís, Vitória Do Mearim], Mato Grosso [Querência], Pará [Anajás, Belém, Conceição Do Araguaia, Itaituba, Oriximiná, Tailândia, Óbidos], Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia [Porto Velho], Roraima [Caracaraí], São Paulo, Tocantins), Colombia, Costa Rica (San José), Ecuador, French Guiana (Cayenne), Mexico, Panama (Chiriquí, Panamá), Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

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