Euglossa

Euglossa

Male of unidentified Euglossa species

Female E. hyacinthina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Subfamily:	Apinae
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.

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, and Jamaica,^[2] but one species (E. viridissima) has recently been introduced to Florida in the United States ^[3]

Species

Euglossa villosa

E. adiastola Hinojosa-Díaz, Nemésio & Engel, 2012
E. alleni Moure, 1968
E. allosticta Moure, 1969
E. amazonica Dressler, 1982
E. analis Westwood, 1840
E. annectens Dressler, 1982
E. anodorhynchi Nemésio, 2005
E. asarophora Moure & Sakagami, 1969
E. ashei Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2014
E. atroveneta Dressler, 1978
E. augaspis Dressler, 1982
E. aurantia Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2011
E. aureiventris Friese, 1899
E. auriventris Friese, 1925
E. azurea Ducke, 1902
E. bazinga Nemesio, 2013
E. bidentata Dressler, 1982
E. bigibba Dressler, 1982
E. bursigera Moure, 1970
E. celiae Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2014
E. cetera Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2014
E. chalybeata Friese, 1925
E. championi Cheesman, 1929
E. chlorina Dressler, 1982
E. clausi Nemésio & Engel, 2012
E. cognata Moure, 1970
E. cordata (Linnaeus, 1758)
E. cosmodora Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2007
E. cotylisca Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2007
E. crassipunctata Moure, 1968
E. crininota Dressler, 1978
E. cupella Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2014
E. cyanea Friese, 1899
E. cyanochlora Moure, 1995
E. cyanura Cockerell, 1917
E. cybelia Moure, 1968
E. deceptrix Moure, 1968
E. decorata Smith, 1874
E. despecta Moure, 1968
E. dilemma Bembé & Eltz, 2011
E. dissimula Dressler, 1978
E. dodsoni Moure, 1965
E. dressleri Moure, 1968
E. embera Hinojosa-Díaz, Nemésio & Engel, 2012
E. erythrochlora Moure, 1968
E. fimbriata Rebêlo & Moure, 1995
E. flammea Moure, 1969
E. fuscifrons Dressler, 1982
E. gibbosa Dressler, 1982
E. gorgonensis Cheesman, 1929
E. granti Cheesman, 1929
E. hansoni Moure, 1965
E. hemichlora Cockerell, 1917
E. heterosticta Moure, 1968
E. hugonis Moure, 1989
E. hyacinthina Dressler, 1982
E. ignita Smith, 1874
E. igniventris Friese, 1925
E. imperialis Cockerell, 1922
E. inflata Roubik, 2004
E. intersecta Latreille, 1838
E. iopoecila Dressler, 1982
E. ioprosopa Dressler, 1982
E. iopyrrha Dressler, 1982
E. jacquelynae Nemésio, 2007
E. jamaicensis Moure, 1968
E. laevicincta Dressler, 1982

E. lazulina Friese, 1923
E. leucotricha Rebêlo & Moure, 1995
E. liopoda Dressler, 1982
E. lugubris Roubik, 2004
E. macrorhyncha Dressler, 1982
E. maculilabris Moure, 1968
E. magnipes Dressler, 1982
E. mandibularis Friese, 1899
E. marianae Nemésio, 2011^[4]
E. melanotricha Moure, 1967
E. micans Dressler, 1978
E. milenae Bembé, 2007
E. mixta Friese, 1899
E. modestior Dressler, 1982
E. monnei Nemesio, 2012^[5]
E. moratoi Nemésio & Engel, 2012
E. moronei Engel, 1999
E. mourei Dressler, 1982
E. nigropilosa Moure, 1965
E. nigrosignata Moure, 1969
E. obrima Hinojosa-Díaz, Melo & Engel, 2011
E. obtusa Dressler, 1978
E. occidentalis Roubik, 2004
E. oleolucens Dressler, 1978
E. orellana Roubik, 2004
E. paisa Ramírez, 2005
E. parvula Dressler, 1982
E. pepei Nemésio & Engel, 2012
E. perfulgens Moure, 1967
E. perpulchra Moure & Schlindwein, 2002
E. perviridis Dressler, 1985
E. pictipennis Moure, 1943
E. piliventris Guérin-Méneville, 1845
E. platymera Dressler, 1982
E. pleosticta Dressler, 1982
E. polita Ducke, 1902
E. prasina Dressler, 1982
E. purpurea Friese, 1899
E. retroviridis Dressler, 1982
E. rufipes Rasmussen & Skov, 2006
E. rugilabris Moure, 1967
E. samperi Ramírez, 2006
E. sapphirina Moure, 1968
E. securigera Dressler, 1982
E. singularis Mocsáry, 1899
E. solangeae Nemésio, 2007
E. sovietica Nemésio, 2007
E. stellfeldi Moure, 1947
E. stilbonata Dressler, 1982
E. subandina Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2014
E. tiputini Roubik, 2004
E. townsendi Cockerell, 1904
E. tridentata Moure, 1970
E. trinotata Dressler, 1982
E. truncata Rebêlo & Moure, 1995
E. turbinifex Dressler, 1978
E. urarina Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2007
E. variabilis Friese, 1899
E. villosa Moure, 1968
E. villosiventris Moure, 1968
E. violaceifrons Rebêlo & Moure, 1995
E. viridifrons Dressler, 1982
E. viridis (Perty, 1833)
E. viridissima Friese, 1899
E. williamsi Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2011

Eggs laid by a solitary bee in a gardening equipment. Wax can be seen in the edges

Footnotes

↑ Williams & Whitten 1983: 387
↑ dos Anjos-Silva 2006
↑ 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.
↑ Nemésio 2011
↑ Nemésio 2012

References

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
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. Zootaxa 2892: 59-68.
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. Zootaxa 3151: 35-52.
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.
"Euglossa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
Nemésio, A., (2007): Three new species of Euglossa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa, vol. 1547, p. 21-31

External links

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David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): Diagnostic photographs of several Euglossa species
Euglossa dilemma on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website.

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