Eulema leucopyga Friese, 1898:203, ♀. Holotype ♀, Columbia (Süd-America); Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:234, Holotype ♀ (Berlin); Moure, 2000Moure, J.S. 2000. As espécies do gênero Eulaema Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossinae). Acta Biológica Paranaense 29 (1, 2, 3, 4):1-70.:47, Holotype (Zoologisches Museum, Humboldt Universität (ZMHB), Berlin); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:30, Holotype ♀ (ZMHB). - Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:161 ( listed as synonym of Eulaema terminata Smith, 1874). - As Euglossa leucopyga: - Friese, 1899Friese, H. 1899. Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 22:117-172. (distribution), 157 (comb. nov.); 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). - As Eulaema leucopyga: - Dressler, 1979Dressler, R.L. 1979. Eulaema bombiformis, E. meriana, and müllerian mimicry in related Species (Hymenoptera: Apidea). Biotropica 11 (2):144-151. (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); Moure, 2000Moure, J.S. 2000. As espécies do gênero Eulaema Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossinae). Acta Biológica Paranaense 29 (1, 2, 3, 4):1-70. (distribution); Nates-Parra & González, 2000Nates-Parra, G. & V.H. González 2000. The colombian wild bees: Whay and how to preserve them. Acta biol. Colomb. 5 (1):5-37. (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); 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).