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Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Apis surinamensis Linnaeus, 1758:579:579, sex not indicated.Surinami (leg. Rolander); Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231, Holotype ♀ (Stockholm); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22, Holotype ♀ (NHRS). - As Centris surinamensis: - Fabricius, 1804Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum Ordines, Genera, Species adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Apud Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae. xiv + 440 + 30 pp. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution), 547 ( listed as synonym of Euglossa mussitans (Fabricius, 1787)). - As Eufriesea surinamensis: - Ackermann, 1983Ackermann, J.D. 1983. Diversity and seasonality of male euglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Central Panamá. Ecology 64 (2):274-283. (distribution); Bonilla-Gómez & Nates-Parra, 1992Bonilla-Gómez, M.A. & G. Nates-Parra 1992. Abejas euglosinas de Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae), I. Claves ilustradas. Caldasia 17 (1):149-172. (distribution); Maes, 1993Maes, J.-M. 1993. Catalogo de los Apoidea (Hymenoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 26:11-30. (distribution); Ramírez et al., 2002Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution); Ayala & Engel, 2008Ayala, R. & M.S. Engel 2008. A new species of Eufriesea from Jalisco, México, with a key to Mexican species of the genus. Beiträge zur Entomologie 58 (2):227-237. (distribution); Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2012Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. & M.S. Engel 2012. A checklist of the orchid bees of Nicaragua (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85 (2):135-144. (distribution); Gonzalez et al., 2012Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934. (distribution); McCravy et al., 2016McCravy, K.W., J.Van Dyke, T.J. Creedy & D.W. Roubik 2016. Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Cusuco National Park, State of Cortés, Honduras. The Florida Entomologist 99 (4):765-768. (distribution); Sagot et al., 2018Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution); García et al., 2023García A.C., S. Bossert, A.G. Armas Quiñónez, R.S. Zack, J. Monzón Sierra 2023. Las abejas de las orquídeas de Guatemala (Apidae: Euglossini). In: Schuster, J.C., J. Yoshimoto & J. Monzón Sierra (Ed.). Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen III. 139-153. (distribution). - As Euglossa surinamensis: - Schomburgk, 1848Schomburgk, R. 1848. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Dritter Theil. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Webre, Leipzig. (distribution); Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Friese, 1899Friese, H. 1899. Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 22:117-172. (distribution); Crawford, 1913Crawford, J.C. 1913. Descriptions of new Hymenoptera, No. 6. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 45:241-260. (distribution); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (distribution); Friese, 1921Friese, H. 1921. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 82:74-98. (distribution); Friese, 1923Friese, H. 1923. Über einige neue Euglossa-Arten. Konowia 2:24-28. (distribution); Cockerell, 1949Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490. (distribution). - As Eulema surinamensis: - Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); Cockerell, 1904Cockerell, T.D.A. 1904. Descriptions and records of bees. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7: v. 14:21-30. (distribution). - As Eulema surinamensis: - Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); Cockerell, 1904Cockerell, T.D.A. 1904. Descriptions and records of bees. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7: v. 14:21-30. (distribution).
Apis tropica Linnaeus, 1758 Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231, Holotype ♀ (Uppsala); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22, Holotype ♀ (UUZM). - Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)); Ramírez et al., 2002Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118.:116 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)).
Apis abdomenoflavum De Geer, 1773 Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231, Holotype ♂ (Stockholm). - Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)); Ramírez et al., 2002Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118.:116 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)).
Apis abdomen flavum De Geer, 1773:574, sex not indicated.Surinam; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22, Holotype ♀, possibliy a syntype (NHRS). - Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)).
Euglossa angulata Mocsáry, 1897:443, ♀. 2 ♀♀, Brasilia (Prov. Piauhy); Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231, Lectotype ♀ (Budapest); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22, Lectotype ♀ (HNHM). - Friese, 1899Friese, H. 1899. Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 22:117-172. (distribution); Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)); Ramírez et al., 2002Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118.:116 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)).
Eulaema bruesi Cockerell, 1914:307, ♀. ♀, Guayaquil, Ecuador, May-June, 1913 (leg. C.T. Brues); Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231, Holotype ♀ (Washington); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22, Holotype ♀ (USNM, 58114). - Cockerell, 1916Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. Some bees from British Guyana. Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. of Michigan 24:1-3. (distribution); Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)); Ramírez et al., 2002Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118.:116 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)).
Eulaema amabilis Cockerell, 1917:476, ♂. ♂, Manaos, Brazil (U.S. Nat. Museum, leg. H.B. Merrill); Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231, Holotype ♂ (Washington); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22, Holotype ♂ (USNM, 23155). - Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)); Ramírez et al., 2002Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118.:116 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)).
Euplusia tectora Kimsey, 1977:16, ♂. Holotype ♂, Frijoles, Canal Zone, Panama, VI-28-1968 (UCD, leg. R.L. Dressler); Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231, Holotype ♂ (Davis); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22, Holotype ♂ (UCDC). - Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:231 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)); Ramírez et al., 2002Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118.:116 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:22 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)).

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Area distribution map

map of Eufriesea surinamensis     (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

BOLBolivia
(Ramírez et al., 2002)
BRABrazil
(Smith, 1854; Mocsáry, 1897 [as Euglossa angulata Mocsáry, 1897]; Friese, 1899; Friese, 1899 [as Euglossa angulata Mocsáry, 1897]; Cockerell, 1917 [as Eulaema amabilis Cockerell, 1917]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Cockerell, 1949; Kimsey & Dressler, 1986 [as Euglossa angulata Mocsáry, 1897]; Kimsey & Dressler, 1986 [as Eulaema amabilis Cockerell, 1917]; Ramírez et al., 2002; Ayala & Engel, 2008; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011 [as Euglossa angulata Mocsáry, 1897]; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011 [as Eulaema amabilis Cockerell, 1917])
COLColombia
(Smith, 1854; Friese, 1899; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Bonilla-Gómez & Nates-Parra, 1992; Ramírez et al., 2002; Smith-Pardo, 2003; Gonzalez et al., 2012)
CRICosta Rica
(Friese, 1921; Friese, 1923; Ramírez et al., 2002)
ECUEcuador
(Cockerell, 1914 [as Eulaema bruesi Cockerell, 1914]; Kimsey & Dressler, 1986 [as Eulaema bruesi Cockerell, 1914]; Ramírez et al., 2002; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011 [as Eulaema bruesi Cockerell, 1914])
GTMGuatemala
(Ramírez et al., 2002; García et al., 2023)
GUFFrench Guiana
(Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Ramírez et al., 2002)
GUYGuyana
(Schomburgk, 1848; Smith, 1854; Friese, 1899; Cockerell, 1916 [as Eulaema bruesi Cockerell, 1914]; Bodkin, 1918; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Ramírez et al., 2002)
HNDHonduras
(Friese, 1899; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Cockerell, 1949; McCravy et al., 2016)
MEXMexico
(Cresson, 1879; Dalla Torre, 1896; Friese, 1899; Cockerell, 1899; Cockerell, 1904; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Cockerell, 1949; Ramírez et al., 2002; Ayala & Engel, 2008; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
(Sagot et al., 2018)
NICNicaragua
(Maes, 1993; Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2012)
PANPanama
(Kimsey, 1977 [as Euplusia tectora Kimsey, 1977]; Ackermann, 1983; Kimsey & Dressler, 1986 [as Euplusia tectora Kimsey, 1977]; Ramírez et al., 2002; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011 [as Euplusia tectora Kimsey, 1977])
PERPeru
(Ramírez et al., 2002)
SURSuriname
(Linnaeus, 1758; De Geer, 1773 [as Apis abdomen flavum De Geer, 1773]; Fabricius, 1804; Friese, 1899; Kimsey & Dressler, 1986; Kimsey & Dressler, 1986 [as Apis abdomenoflavum De Geer, 1773]; Ramírez et al., 2002; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011 [as Apis abdomen flavum De Geer, 1773])
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
(Ramírez et al., 2002; Starr & Hook, 2003)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
(Crawford, 1913 new)
VENVenezuela
(Friese, 1899; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Ramírez et al., 2002)

Literature

  • Ackermann, J.D. 1983. Diversity and seasonality of male euglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Central Panamá. Ecology 64 (2):274-283.
  • Ayala, R. & M.S. Engel 2008. A new species of Eufriesea from Jalisco, México, with a key to Mexican species of the genus. Beiträge zur Entomologie 58 (2):227-237.
  • Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII.
  • Bonilla-Gómez, M.A. & G. Nates-Parra 1992. Abejas euglosinas de Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae), I. Claves ilustradas. Caldasia 17 (1):149-172.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1904. Descriptions and records of bees. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7: v. 14:21-30.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Bees from Ecuador and Peru. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 22:306-329.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. Some bees from British Guyana. Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. of Michigan 24:1-3.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1917. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXXV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 19 (114):473-481.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490.
  • Crawford, J.C. 1913. Descriptions of new Hymenoptera, No. 6. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 45:241-260.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
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  • Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum Ordines, Genera, Species adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Apud Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae. xiv + 440 + 30 pp.
  • Friese, H. 1899. Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 22:117-172.
  • Friese, H. 1921. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 82:74-98.
  • Friese, H. 1923. Über einige neue Euglossa-Arten. Konowia 2:24-28.
  • García A.C., S. Bossert, A.G. Armas Quiñónez, R.S. Zack, J. Monzón Sierra 2023. Las abejas de las orquídeas de Guatemala (Apidae: Euglossini). In: Schuster, J.C., J. Yoshimoto & J. Monzón Sierra (Ed.). Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen III. 139-153.
  • Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934.
  • Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. & M.S. Engel 2012. A checklist of the orchid bees of Nicaragua (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85 (2):135-144.
  • Kimsey, L.S. 1977. New species in the genera Euplusia and Eufriesea. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53 (1):8-18.
  • Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.
  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima Reformata. [4] + [5] + 823 + [1] p.
  • Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.
  • Maes, J.-M. 1993. Catalogo de los Apoidea (Hymenoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 26:11-30.
  • McCravy, K.W., J.Van Dyke, T.J. Creedy & D.W. Roubik 2016. Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Cusuco National Park, State of Cortés, Honduras. The Florida Entomologist 99 (4):765-768.
  • Mocsáry, A. 1897. Species septem novae generis Euglossa Latr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 20:442-446.
  • Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77.
  • Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.
  • Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118.
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