Euglossa - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Euglossa is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

of orchid bees (Euglossini

Euglossini

Euglossine bees, also called orchid bees, are the only group of corbiculate bees whose non-parasitic members do not all possess eusocial behavior. Most of the species are solitary, though a few are communal, or exhibit simple forms of eusociality...

). Like all their close relatives, they are native to the Neotropics; an introduced population exists in Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. 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
Eufriesea
Eufriesea is a genus of euglossine bees. Like all orchid bees, they are restricted to the Neotropics.They are of metallic or brown/black color and hairy.-Distribution:...

in a number of characters including coloration.

Distribution

Euglossa occurs naturally from Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

to Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

, northern Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

and Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

, but one species (E. viridissima) has recently been introduced to Florida

Florida

in the United States http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe88p225.pdf.

Species

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. atroveneta Dressler, 1978
E. augaspis Dressler, 1982
E. aureiventris Friese, 1899
E. auriventris Friese, 1925
E. bidentata Dressler, 1982
E. bigibba Dressler, 1982
E. bursigera Moure, 1970
E. chalybeata Friese, 1925
E. championi Cheesman, 1929
E. chlorina Dressler, 1982
E. cognata Moure, 1970
E. cordata (Linnaeus, 1758)
E. cosmodora Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2007
E. crassipunctata Moure, 1968
E. crininota Dressler, 1978
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. dissimula Dressler, 1978
E. dodsoni Moure, 1965
E. dressleri Moure, 1968
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

E. melanotricha Moure, 1967

E. micans Dressler, 1978

E. milenae Bembé, 2007

E. mixta Friese, 1899

E. modestior Dressler, 1982

E. mourei Dressler, 1982

E. nigropilosa Moure, 1965

E. nigrosignata Moure, 1969

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. 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. 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

External links

David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): Diagnostic photographs of several Euglossa species

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