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Eulaema (Apeulaema) polychroma (Mocsáry, 1899)
Euglossa (Eulema) polychroma Mocsáry, A. (1899). In collectione Musei Nationalis Hungarici, adsunt insuper species tres novae. pp. 169-170 in Friese, H. Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Termeszetr. Fuz. 22: 117–172 [170] .
Type data: holotype HNHM <M>.
Type locality: Peru, Lima, Callanga ('Callange').

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas); Neotropical Region: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru (Ancash, Cuzco, Huánuco, Junín, Lima, Pasco), Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Distrito Federal, Mérida, Táchira, Yaracuy, Zulia)

References

Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González-Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [464] (Listed, distribution records)
Bennet, F. D. (1972). Observations on Exaerete spp. and their hosts Eulaema terminata and Euplusia surinamensis (Hymen., Apidae, Euglossinae) in Trinidad. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 80 (3): 118-124 [137, 141, 142] (Citation (= E. tropica aut.))
Dodson, C. H., Dressler, R. L., Hills, H. G., Adams, R. M. & Williams, N. H. (1969). Biologically active compounds in orchid fragrances. Science 164 (3885): 1243-1249 [1245] (fig. 4, pollination)
Dressler, R. L. (1967). Why do euglossine bees visit orchid flowers?. Atas Simp. Biota Amazônica 5: 171-180 [173, 177, 178] (Flower record, biology, distribution)
Dressler, R. L. (1968). Pollination by euglossine bees. Evolution 22 (1): 202-210 [204, 207] (Table, distribution, biology)
Dressler, R. L. (1968). Pollination on orchids and euglossine bees in Panama and Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 15 (1): 143-183 [148, 152] (Flower record)
Friese, H. (1923). Über einige neue Euglossa - Arten. Konowia 2: 24-28 [26] (Parasite)
Janzen, D. H. (1966). Notes on the behavior of the carpenter bee Xylocopa fimbriata in Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 39 (4): 633-641 [638, 639] (Biology)
Moure, J. S. (1950). Contribuição para o conhecimento do gênero Eulaema Lepeletier (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (2): 181-231 [187, 188] (Taxonomy, distribution (as Eulaema (Apeulaema) mussitans, partim))
Moure, J. S. (1967). Descrição de algumas espécies de Euglossinae (Hym., Apoidea). Atas do Simpósio sôbre a Biota Amazônica, vol. 5 pp. 373-394 [378-379] (Sistematics, synonymy)
Moure, J. S. (1967). A check-list of the known euglossine bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Atas do Simpósio sôbre a Biota Amazônica, vol. 5 pp. 395-415 [412] (Catalog, distribution)
Moure, J. S. (2003). As espécies do gênero Eulaema Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossinae). Acta Biol. Paran. (Curitiba) 29 (1, 2, 3, 4): 1-70 [9, 14, 15, 17-21] (Key, citation, original description, transcription, catalog, descriptive note, distribution)
Sage, R. D. (1968). Observations on feeding, nesting ans territorial behavior of carpenter bees genus Xylocopa in Costa Rica. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 61 (4): 884-889 [885] (Comparative note, flower records)

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