Eulaema
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| Eulaema cingulata specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Euglossini |
| Genus: | Eulaema Lepeletier, 1841 |
| Diversity | |
| c. 25 species | |
Eulaema is a genus of large-bodied euglossine bees that occur primarily in the Neotropics.[1][2] They are robust brown or black bees, hairy or velvety, and often striped with yellow or orange, typically resembling bumblebees. They lack metallic coloration as occurs in the related genus Eufriesea.[3]
Distribution
Eulaema is found from Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), Misiones (Argentina) and Paraguay[4] to northern Mexico with occasional strays into the United States.[5]
Species
- Eulaema atleticana Nemésio, 2009
- Eulaema basicincta Moure, 2000
- Eulaema bennetti Moure, 1967
- Eulaema boliviensis (Friese, 1898)
- Eulaema bombiformis (Packard, 1869)
- Eulaema bomboides (Friese, 1923)
- Eulaema chocoana Ospina-Torres & Sandino-Franco, 1997
- Eulaema cingulata (Fabricius, 1804)
- Eulaema felipei Nemésio, 2010
- Eulaema flavescens (Friese, 1899)
- Eulaema helvola Moure, 2000
- Eulaema leucopyga (Friese, 1898)
- Eulaema luteola Moure, 1967
- Eulaema meriana (Olivier, 1789)
- Eulaema mimetica Moure, 1967
- Eulaema mocsaryi (Friese, 1899)
- Eulaema napensis Oliveira, 2006
- Eulaema nigrita Lepeletier, 1841
- Eulaema parapolyzona Oliveira, 2006
- Eulaema peruviana (Friese, 1903)
- Eulaema polychroma (Mocsáry, 1899)
- Eulaema polyzona (Mocsáry, 1897)
- Eulaema pseudocingulata Oliveira, 2006
- Eulaema quadragintanovem (Nemésio, 2012)
- Eulaema seabrai Moure, 1960
- Eulaema sororia Dressler & Ospina-Torres, 1997
- Eulaema speciosa (Mocsáry, 1897)
- Eulaema tenuifasciata (Friese, 1925)
- Eulaema terminata (Smith, 1874)
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Michener, C. D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 913 pp.
- ^ 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
- ^ Minckley, R. L., S. G. Reyes (1996). Capture of the orchid bee, Eulaema polychroma (Friese) (Apidae: Euglossini) in Arizona, with notes on northern distributions of other Mesoamerican bees. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 69(1): 102-104.