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Eulaema (Apeulaema) nigrita Lepeletier, 1841
Eulaema analis Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [14] .
Type data: syntype whereabouts unknown <M> (Although Moure (1967:410) states that the male 'holotype' of <I>Eulaema analis</I> is deposited in the MNHP collection, in his unpublished notes (February 25, 1958), he mentions that the type material of both <I>Eulaema nigrita</I> and <I>E. analis</I> could not be found in that collection. Nemésio (2009:172) also states that the type material of <I>Eulaema analis</I> was not found in the MNHP collection (G. A. R. Melo, unpubl.)).
Type locality: Brazil.

Eulaema nigrita Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [14] .
Type data: lectotype MSNT <F> (Nemésio (2009:172) states that the lectotype could not be located in the MSNT collection. According to Moure's notes, he found two females from Cayenne in the Serville collection, and selected one as lectotype (G. A. R. Melo, unpubl.)).
Subsequent designation: 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] .
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne.

Centris nigrita raymondi Schrottky, C. (1907). Contribución al conocimiento de los himenópteros del Paraguay. An. Cient. Paraguayos 7 (1): 1-78 [65] ; Ramos, K.S., Kawada, R. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2015). Type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 55 (24): 335-361 [341] (Note on type material) .
Type data: lectotype MZUSP <F>.
Subsequent designation: 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] .
Type locality: Venezuela, Caracas.

Euglossa (Eulaema) nigrita nigriceps Friese, H. (1923). Über einige neue Euglossa - Arten. Konowia 2: 24-28 [27] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <M>.
Subsequent designation: 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 [411] .
Type locality: Colombia, 'Cauca-Tal, 1000 m Höhe'.

Eulaema (Apeulaema) willei Moure, J. S. (1963). Una nueva especie de Eulaema de Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rev. Biol. Trop. 11 (2): 211-216 [213] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <M>.
Type locality: Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Rio Blanco.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre [Bujari, Porto Acre, Rio Branco, Senador Guiomard], Alagoas [Ibateguara, Murici], Amapá [Macapá], Amazonas [Boca Do Acre], Bahia [Camacan, Campo Formoso, Guaratinga, Igrapiúna, Ilhéus, Itamaraju, Itatim, Ituberá, Porto Seguro, Prado, Salvador, Taperoá, Umburanas, Una, Uruçuca], Ceará [Baturité, Caridade, Guaramiranga, Piquet Carneiro, Quixadá], Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo [Conceição Da Barra, Linhares, Pinheiros, Santa Teresa, Sooretama], 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 [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, Jequitinhonha, Nova Lima, Ouro Preto, Santa Maria Do Salto, Santana Do Riacho, 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], Pará [Belém, Conceição Do Araguaia, Monte Alegre, Parauapebas, Santarém, Tailândia, Óbidos], Pernambuco [Cabo De Santo Agostinho, Camaragibe, Caruaru, Jaqueira], Piauí [Piracuruca], Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul [Cambará Do Sul, Osório, Planalto, Tenente Portela, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [São Fidélis, São Francisco De Itabapoana, São José De Ubá, Trajano De Morais], Rondônia [Ariquemes, Ouro Preto Do Oeste, Pimenta Bueno, Porto Velho], Roraima [Caracaraí], Santa Catarina [Joinville], São Paulo [Agudos, Alvinlândia, Barra Bonita, Bauru, Bertioga, Campinas, Cananéia, 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 (Antioquia, Cauca, Meta, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica, French Guiana (Cayenne), Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru (Cajamarca, San Martín), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Distrito Federal, Monagas, Zulia)

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