Euglossa (Glossurella) bursigera Moure, 1970

Euglossa (Glossurella) bursigera Moure, 1970 View in CoL ( Figs 2 View Figure 2 , 7A View Figure 7 )

Material examined. 5♂♂ (MECN-HYM-8056, MECN-HYM-8082, MECN-HYM-8119 to 8121), ECUADOR: Esmeraldas Province, Eloy Alfaro, Telembí, Gualpí de los Cayapas ; 0°34'02.1"N, 79°03'47.6"W; 400 m alt., 13.X.2022, A. Pazmiño | D. Díaz leg., bottle trap Vainillina | Clove | Eucalyptus oil GoogleMaps ; 8♂♂ (MECN-HYM-8805 to 8812), Quinindé, Malimpia, El Silencio ; 0°30'56.3"N, 79°01'18.3"W; 335 m alt.; 23.V.2023; D. Díaz | M.S. Basantes | E. Marcayata leg., bottle trap Eucalyptus oil | Vanillin | Clove GoogleMaps .

Identification. Within the subgenus Glossurella , Eug. bursigera can be differentiated by the following combination of characters: Shape of metatibia triangular (posterior angle acute); scape cylindrical; length of labio-maxillary complex reaching or barely surpassing tip of metasoma; malar length about ½ width of mid-flagellomeres; separation of the tip of metatibial organ slit from the ventral margin of metatibia slightly over maximum width of organ slit; tiny mid-mandibular tooth, adjacent to the outer tooth; punctuation of tergum-II decreasing in size over broad band ( Dressler, 1982c; Hinojosa-Díaz et al., 2012).

Distribution. Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador ( new record), Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panamá ( Hinojosa-Díaz et al., 2012; Nova León, 2021). Lowland rainforest up to 800 m elevation.