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Epeolus luteipennis Friese, 1916
Epeolus luteipennis Friese, H. (1916). Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 77: 287-350 [335] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <M> , paralectotype AMNH 25582 <M>.
Subsequent designation: Onuferko, T. M. (2019). A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico. Euro. J. Taxon. 563: 1-69 [31] .
Type locality: Costa Rica, San José.

?Epeolus xanthurus Cockerell, T. D. A. (1917). Descriptions and records of bees. LXXVII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20: 298-304 [298] .
Type data: holotype AMNH 22352 <M>.
Type locality: Ecuador.

Epeolus rugosus Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [459] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58536 <F>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Onuferko, T. M. (2019). A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico. Euro. J. Taxon. 563: 1-69 [31]

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, San José), Ecuador, Honduras (Francisco Morazán), Mexico (Chiapas, Michoacán, Morelos, Veracruz), Panama (Panamá), Venezuela (Mérida)

References

Moure, J. S. & Melo, G. A. R. (2007). Nomadini Latreille, 1802 pp. 578-599 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. [586, 590, 592] (Catalog, as Epeolus luteipennis, Triepeolus rugosus (Cockerell, 1949) and partim, as Triepelous buchwaldi)
Onuferko, T. M. (2019). A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico. Euro. J. Taxon. 563: 1-69 [31] (Species revision, as Epeolus luteipennis)

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Last update : 17 Jul 2023