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Eufriesea pretiosa (Friese, 1903)
Euglossa (Eulema) pretiosa Friese, H. (1903). Nachtrag zur Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 1: 574-575 [575] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F> (Both Moure (1967:409) and Kimsey (1982:72) have assumed that a female specimen, labeled from 'Ecuador, Santa Inez' and deposited at the AMNH, is the holotype. In the original description, Friese mentions only a female from 'Ecuador (Caucatal)'. More recently, Nemésio & Rasmussen (2011:22) also treated the AMNH specimen as a false type. They also assumed that the species was described based on more than one specimen. Since Friese's original indication suggests that only a single female was examined, the status of the type material is here maintained as holotype (G. A. R. Melo, unpubl.)).
Type locality: 'Ecuador (Caucatal)' [probably Cauca valley, in Colombia].

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Ecuador

References

Kimsey, L. S. (1982). Systematics of bees of the genus Eufriesea (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 95: 1-125 [19, 21, 23, 72] (Species revision (as Eufriesea))
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 [409] (Catalog, distribution)
Nemésio, A. & Rasmussen, C. (2011). Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006: 1-42 [22] (Catalog, note on status of type material (as Eufriesea opulenta))

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