Eufriesea coerulescens (Lepeletier, 1841)
Euglossa coerulescens
Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [11] (The spelling coerulescens is adopted here (see Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011:20)) .
Type data: lectotype MNHP <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 [407] .
Type locality: Mexico.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro de Arteaga, Sonora, Tamaulipas), United States of America (New Mexico, Texas); Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi)
References
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Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [17] (Catalog)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [312] (Catalog, partim)
Ducke, A. (1910). Zur Synonymie der neotropischen Apidae. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1910: 362-369 [367] (Partim (as Euglossa violacea))
Friese, H. (1899). Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Termeszetr. Fuz. 22: 117-172 [126, 145, 146, 147, 148] (Original description, transcription, distribution, partim (as Euglossa (Eumorpha)))
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Friese, H. (1923). Über einige neue Euglossa - Arten. Konowia 2: 24-28 [24] (Flower record)
Gonzalez, V. H., Griswold, T. & Simões, M. (2017). On the identity of the adventive species of Eufriesea Cockerell in the USA: systematics and potential distribution of the coerulescens species group (Hymenoptera, Apidae). J. Hym. Res. 55: 55-101 [70] (Species revision, notes on type material, redescription, distribution records, floral records, as Eufriesea coerulescens)
Kimsey, L. S. (1977). New species of bees in the genera Euplusia and Eufriesia (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Euglossini). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 53: 8-18 [10] (Citation)
Kimsey, L. S. (1982). Systematics of bees of the genus Eufriesea (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 95: 1-125 [9, 20, 24, 28, 38] (Species revision (partim, as Eufriesea caerulescens))
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A. (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [544] (Catalog)
Moure, J. S. (1965). Some new species of euglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 38 (3): 266-277 [275] (Comparative note)
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 [407] (Catalog, distribution)
Moure, J. S. (1999). Novas espécies e notas sobre Euglossinae do Brasil e Venezuela (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 16 (Supl. 1): 91-104 [97, 103] (Comparative note)
Moure, J. S., Melo, G. A. R. & Faria Jr., L. R. R. (2007). Euglossini Latreille, 1802 pp. 214-255 in Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia xiv+1058 pp. [216] (Catalog, partim as Eufriesea caerulescens)
Nemésio, A. & Rasmussen, C. (2011). Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006: 1-42 [20] (Catalog, note on status of type material of Euglossa coerulescens (as Eufriesea coerulescens))
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