Euglossa

Taxobox
name = "Euglossa"

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image_caption = male "Euglossa" sp.
image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
familia = Apidae
subfamilia = Apinae
tribus = Euglossini
genus = "Euglossa"
genus_authority = Latreille, 1802
diversity_link = Euglossa
diversity = > 110 species
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =see text
synonyms =

"Euglossa" is a genus of euglossine bees. Like all orchid bees, they are restricted to the Neotropics, though one species ("Euglossa viridissima") has become established in the United States (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 [Williams & Whitten 1983: 387] .

Distribution

"Euglossa" occurs naturally from Mexico to Paraguay, northern Argentina and Jamaica [dos Anjos-Silva 2006] , but one species has recently been introduced to the United States [http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe88p225.pdf] .

pecies

Footnotes

References

* (1983): Orchid floral fragrances and male euglossine bees: methods and advances in the last sesquidecade. "Biol. Bull." 164: 355-395.
* (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
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Further reading

* (1989): "Ecology and natural history of tropical bees". New York: Cambridge Univ. Press.
* (2004): Phylogeny and Biology of Neotropical Orchid Bees (Euglossini). "Annual Review of Entomology" 49: 377-404. doi|10.1146/annurev.ento.49.072103.115855

External links

* David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): [http://pick5.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?search=Euglossa Diagnostic photographs of several "Euglossa" species]