Euglossa

Euglossa
Male of unidentified Euglossa species
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.

Distribution

Euglossa occurs naturally from Mexico to Paraguay, northern Argentina and Jamaica, but one species (E. viridissima) has recently been introduced to Florida in the United States [1].

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

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.
• 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. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634116. Retrieved 12 June 2008. 

Further reading

• 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

External links

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