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Euglossa (Euglossa) townsendi Cockerell, 1904
Euglossa cordata townsendi Cockerell, T. D. A. (1904). Descriptions and records of bees. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 14: 21–31 [24] .
Type data: lectotype AMNH <F> , paralectotype BMNH 17B.943 <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 [405] .
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, San Rafael.

Euglossa (Euglossa) cyanosoma 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 [402] (nom. nud.) .

Euglossa (Euglossa) anodorhynchi Nemésio, A. (2006). Euglossa anodorhynchi sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae), a new orchid bee from southern Brazil. Neotrop. Entomol. 35 (2): 206-209 [206] .
Type data: holotype DZMG <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Santa Catarina, Joinville.

Euglossa aratingae Nemésio, A. (2009). Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Zootaxa 2041: 1-242 [106] .
Type data: holotype DZMG <M> , paratype DZMG <F><M>.
Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Ferrari, B.R. & Melo, G.A.R. (2014). Deceiving colors: recognition of color morphs as separate species in orchid bees is not supported by molecular evidence. Apidologie 45: 641-652 [651]

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (Alagoas [Ibateguara], Amazonas, Bahia [Camacan, Campo Formoso, Ilhéus, Itamaraju, Ituberá, Lençóis, Porto Seguro, Taperoá, Una, Valença], Espírito Santo [Conceição Da Barra, Pinheiros], Maranhão [Alcântara, Bacabal, Barreirinhas, Brejo, Buriti, Carutapera, Chapadinha, Codó, Coroatá, Dom Pedro, Formosa Da Serra Negra, São Benedito Do Rio Preto, São Bernardo, São Luís, Timbiras, Urbano Santos, Vitória Do Mearim], Mato Grosso do Sul [Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais [Almenara, Barroso, Belo Horizonte, Brasilândia De Minas, Diamantina, Ibirité, Itamarandiba, Jequitinhonha, Marliéria, Paraopeba, Sabará, Santana Do Riacho, Viçosa], Paraná [Alvorada Do Sul, Antonina, Londrina, Primeiro De Maio, Rancho Alegre], Paraíba [Areia, Remígio], Pará [Belém, Conceição Do Araguaia, Tailândia], Pernambuco [Cabo De Santo Agostinho, Jaqueira], Piauí [Piracuruca], Rio de Janeiro [Campos Dos Goytacazes, Rio De Janeiro, São Francisco De Itabapoana], Rondônia [Porto Velho], Santa Catarina [Joinville], São Paulo [Cajuru, Campinas, Cananéia, Ribeirão Preto, Sertãozinho, Ubatuba]), Colombia, Mexico (Chiapas, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz), Trinidad and Tobago

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