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Augochloropsis metallica (Fabricius, 1793)
Andrena metallica Fabricius, J. C. (1793). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae: Christian Gottlieb Proft Vol. 2 1-519 pp. [309] .
Type data: holotype ZMUC <F>.
Type locality: 'America' [probably eastern USA].

Augochlora fulvofimbriata Friese, H. (1916). Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 77: 287-350 [292, 315] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <M><F>.
Type locality: Costa Rica: San José; Alajuela, San Mateo.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Canada (Ontario), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Sinaloa, Sonora), United States of America (Arizona, Colorado, South Dakota); Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico (Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico, Nayarit, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Veracruz), Panama

References

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