Augochlora (Augochlora) nigrocyanea Cockerell, 1897

ENGEL, MICHAEL S., 2000, Classification Of The Bee Tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (250), pp. 1-89 : 79

Augochlora (Augochlora) nigrocyanea Cockerell

Augochlora nigrocyanea Cockerell, 1897a: 144 .

Halictus zophodes Vachal, 1911: 16.

Augochlora smaragdina variety atrata Friese, 1916: 312 .

Augochlora smaragdina variety atra Friese, 1916: 313 . Lapsus calami.

Augochlora (Odontochlora) essequibensis Cockerell, 1923: 445 . NEW SYNONYMY.

Augochlora cyanaspis Cockerell, 1931: 552.

COMMENTS: The possible synonymy of A. essequibensis with A. nigrocyanea was first suggested to me by my late mentor George C. Eickwort (personal commun.) and I have since been able to confirm his suspicions through examination of the types. This synonymy is published here for the first time but should probably be attributed to Eickwort as he was the first person to correctly recognize the conspecific nature of the taxa.