Exaerete Hoffmannsegg, 1817

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Genus Exaerete Hoffmannsegg, 1817

Exaerete Hoffmannsegg, 1817: 53 . Type species: Apis dentata Linnaeus, 1758 , monobasic. Chrysantheda Perty, 1833: 147 –148. Type species: Chrysantheda nitida Perty, 1833 , monobasic. Caliendra Gistel, 1848: viii, unjustified replacement for Chrysantheda Perty, 1833. Type species: Chrysantheda nitida Perty,

1833, autobasic (see Chrysantheda Perty, 1833).

Exaerete azteca Moure, 1964: 15 –16, Holotype 3, SEMC: MEXICO, Hidalgo, 38 miles NE of Jacala, 3100 ft., leg. University of Kansas Mexican Expedition.

Exaerete dentata [ Apis ] ( Linnaeus, 1758: 575), image: Nemésio, 2009a: 195, 196, 198a–f, Holotype Ƥ, UUZM: “Indiis” (possibly WEST INDIES or SURINAME).

nitida [Chrysantheda] ( Perty, 1833: 148, pl. 28, fig. 8), image: Nemésio, 2009a: 33 (org. plate), 199a–f, Holotype Ƥ, ZSM: BRAZIL, Piauí, leg. Spix et al.

subcornuta [Chrysantheda] ( Romand, 1849: xxxvi–xxxviii), Holotype 3,?: VENEZUELA, Miranda, Caracas, leg. Sallé: Published after September 12, 1849.

appendiculata [Chrysantheda] ( Romand, 1849: xxxvi, pl. 7, fig. Ia–c), Holotype 3, see subcornuta : VENE- ZUELA, Miranda, Caracas, leg. Sallé: Proposed as a junior synonym of subcornuta , based on the same specimen; Published after September 12, 1849.

Exaerete frontalis [ Euglossa ] ( Guérin-Méneville, 1844: 458), image: Nemésio, 2009a: 194b, d, f, 200, 201a–f, Neotype 3 (lost holotype was Ƥ), Nemésio, 2009a: 194, figs. 194b, 194d, 194f, UFMG: BRAZIL, Pará, Oriximiná, Porto Trombetas, leg. Martines.

lucida Erichson, 1849 (“1848”): 592, Holotype 3, ZMHB (only pin and labels left): GUYANA, leg. Schomburgk et al.: Possibly syntypes; published March 10, 1849 and not 1848.

Exaerete kimseyae Oliveira, 2011: 2 –4, figs. 1–7 [figs. of male genitalia of Ex. trochanterica in Kimsey (1979) should also be considered as figs. of holotype Ex. kimseyae , the only known specimen], Holotype 3, UCDC: PANAMA, Colón, Barro Colorado Island, leg. Kimsey.

Exaerete lepeletieri Oliveira & Nemésio, 2003: 117 –119, figs. 2, 4, 5, 6, image: Nemésio, 2009a: 194 a, c, e, Holotype 3, INPA: BRAZIL, Acre, Rio Branco, leg. Oliveira.

Exaerete salsai Nemésio, 2011c: 14 –15, figs. 2–3, Holotype 3, UFMG: BRAZIL, Bahia, Porto Seguro, leg. Nemésio.

Exaerete smaragdina [ Euglossa ] ( Guérin-Méneville, 1844: 458), image: Nemésio, 2009a: 193a–b, 202, 204a–h, 206, Lectotype Ƥ, designated by Moure, 1967b: 414, MSNG: MEXICO, Yucatán, Campeche. aurata Erichson, 1849 (“1848”): 592, Holotype Ƥ, ZMHB: GUYANA, leg. Schomburgk et al.: Possibly syntypes; published March 10, 1849 and not 1848.

cyanescens [ Exaerete smaragdina ssp.] Cockerell, 1926: 657, image: Nemésio, 2009a: 205a–h, Holotype; invalid lectotype designation of holotype Ƥ, Moure, 1967b: 413, AMNH: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, leg. Urich.

Exaerete trochanterica [Chrysantheda] ( Friese, 1900: 66–67), Holotype Ƥ, ZMHB: BRAZIL, Pará, Belém, leg. Schulz.

guaykuru Anjos-Silva & Rebêlo, 2006: 29–33, figs. 1, 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 23, Holotype 3, MPSP: BRAZIL, Mato Grosso, Chapada dos Guimarães, 600 m, leg. Anjos–Silva.