Euglossa

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
Male of unidentified Euglossa species
Female E. hyacinthina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Euglossini
Genus: Euglossa
Latreille, 1802
Diversity
> 110 species

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

  • E. adiastola Hinojosa-Díaz, Nemésio & Engel, 2012
  • E. alleni Moure, 1968
  • E. allosticta Moure, 1969
  • E. amazonica Dressler, 1982
  • E. analis Westwood, 1840
  • E. annectans 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
  • 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 (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. Zootaxa 3151: 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. Zootaxa 2892: 59-68.

Further reading

  • "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
  • Roubik, D. W. (1989): Ecology and natural history of tropical bees. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press.
  • Cameron, Sydney A.( 2004): Phylogeny and Biology of Neotropical Orchid Bees (Euglossini). Annual Review of Entomology 49: 377-404. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.49.072103.115855
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