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Epicharis (Xanthepicharis) bicolor Smith, 1854
Epicharis bicolor Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [368] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.1166 <M>.
Type locality: Brazil.

Centris flaviventris Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [350] (nom. nov. for Epicharis bicolor Smith, 1854 due to secondary homonymy with Centris bicolor Lepeletier, 1841. This name has not been widely accepted by subsequent authors, and according to ICZN Art. 59.3, a secondary homonym replaced before 1961 can be reinstated when the substitute name is not in use and the relevant taxa are no longer considered congeneric) .

Epicharis burmeisteri Schrottky, C. (1902). Les espèces des genres Megacilissa, Caupolicana, Oxaea, Epicharis, Centris, Meliphila et Euglossa dans le collection du Musée National de Buenos Aires. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 7: 317-327 [320] .
Type data: holotype MACN <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Lagoa Santa.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amapá, Bahia [Salvador], Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão [Barreirinhas], Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul [Bonito, Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Lagoa Santa, Uberlândia], Paraíba, Pernambuco [Caruaru], Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Roraima, São Paulo [Corumbataí, Rio Claro], Tocantins), French Guiana, Guyana

References

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