Euglossa

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Euglossa
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Male of unidentified Euglossa species
A female Euglossa hyacinthina shaping resin along the rim of the growing nest envelope - JHR-029-015-g001D.jpeg
Female E. hyacinthina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Euglossini
Genus: Euglossa
Latreille, 1802
Diversity
> 110 species

Euglossa is a genus of orchid bees (Euglossini). Like all their close relatives, they are native to the Neotropics; an introduced population exists in Florida. They are typically bright metallic blue, green, coppery, or golden.

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Euglossa intersecta (formerly known as E. brullei) is morphologically and chromatically atypical for the genus, and resembles the related Eufriesea in a number of characters including coloration. [1]

Distribution

Euglossa occurs naturally from Mexico to Paraguay, northern Argentina, western Brazil, Jamaica, [2] and Trinidad and Tobago, but one species ( E. dilemma ) has recently been introduced to Florida in the United States [3]

Species

Euglossa villosa Euglossa villosa.jpg
Euglossa villosa
Eggs (inside cells) laid by a solitary bee in a gardening equipment: Wax can be seen in the edges. Eggs of Euglossa.jpg
Eggs (inside cells) laid by a solitary bee in a gardening equipment: Wax can be seen in the edges.

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Norris H. & Whitten, W. Mark (1983): Orchid floral fragrances and male euglossine bees: methods and advances in the last sesquidecade. Biol. Bull.164: 355-395.
  2. ↑ dos Anjos-Silva, Evandson J.; Camillo, Evandro & Garófalo, Carlos A. (2006): Occurrence of Aglae caerulea Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in the Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Neotrop. Entomol.35(6) doi : 10.1590/S1519-566X2006000600024
  3. ↑ Skov, C.; Wiley, J. (2005). "Establishment of the Neotropical Orchid Bee Euglossa viridissima (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Florida". Florida Entomologist. 88 (2): 225. doi: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0225:EOTNOB]2.0.CO;2 .
  4. ↑ Nemésio, André (2012): Species of the Euglossa Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) belonging to the purpurea species group occurring in eastern Brazil, with description of Euglossa monnei sp.n. Zootaxa3151: 35-52.
  5. ↑ Nemésio, André (2011): Euglossa marianae sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae): a new orchid bee from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and the possible first documented local extinction of a forest-dependent orchid bee. Zootaxa2892: 59-68.

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