Exaerete

Taxobox
name = "Exaerete"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
familia = Apidae
subfamilia = Apinae
tribus = Euglossini
genus = "Exaerete"
genus_authority = Hoffmannsegg, 1817
diversity_link = Exaerete
diversity = 6 species
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =see text
synonyms =

"Exaerete" is a genus of euglossine bees. Like all orchid bees, they are restricted to the Neotropics.

Like most orchid bees, they are metallic (green, blue, or purple), but they are cleptoparasites in the nests of other euglossines in the genera "Eufriesea" and "Eulaema".

Distribution

"Exaerete" is found from Mexico to northern Argentina [dos Anjos-Silva "et al." 2006] .

pecies

* "E. azteca" Moure, 1964
* "E. dentata" (Linnaeus, 1758)
* "E. frontalis" (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
* "E. guaykuru" Anjos-Silva & Rebêlo, 2006
* "E. smaragdina" (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
* "E. trochanterica" (Friese, 1900)

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

* (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=Exaerete Diagnostic photographs of several "Exaerete" species]