Euglossa (Euglossa) villosiventris Moure, 1968

Euglossa (Euglossa) villosiventris Moure, 1968 View in CoL ( Figs 5 View Figure 5 , 7C View Figure 7 )

Material examined. 32♂♂ (MECN-HYM-7642 to 7673), 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 | Methyl salicylate GoogleMaps ; 3♂♂ (MECN-HYM-8813 to 8815), Quinindé, Malimpia, El Silencio ; 0°30'56.3"N, 79°01'18.3"W; 335 m alt.; 25.V.2023; D. Díaz | M.S. Basantes | E. Marcayata leg., bottle trap Vainillina GoogleMaps .

Identification. Within the subgenus Euglossa s.str., Eug. villosiventris can be differentiated by the combination of the following characters: mandible bidentate; posterior mid-tibial tuft present (though may be very small), an anterior tuft of median tibia slightly divided, lobules indistinguishable; sternum II with a single large tuft of confluent hairs occupying almost the entire structure; clypeus green; body colour blue-violet; terminal tergites green or bronze ( Dressler, 1982b; Roubik & Hanson, 2004; BonillaGomez & Nates-Parra, 1992).

Distribution. Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador ( new record), Nicaragua, Panamá, and Venezuela ( Ramírez et al., 2002; Ospina-Torres et al. 2015).