Eulaema

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]

Eulaema
Eulaema cingulata specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Euglossini
Genus: Eulaema
Lepeletier, 1841
Diversity
c. 25 species

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 meriana

The following species are in the genus Eulama:[6]

  • 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 flavescens (Friese, 1899)
  • Eulaema leucopyga (Friese, 1898)
  • Eulaema luteola Moure, 1967
  • Eulaema meriana (Olivier, 1789)
  • Eulaema mocsaryi (Friese, 1899)
  • Eulaema napensis Oliveira, 2006
  • Eulaema nigrifacies (Friese, 1897)
  • Eulaema nigrita Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eulaema parapolyzona Oliveira, 2006
  • Eulaema peruviana (Friese, 1903)
  • Eulaema polychroma (Mocsáry, 1899)
  • Eulaema polyzona (Mocsáry, 1897)
  • Eulaema atleticana (Nemésio, 2009)
  • Eulaema quadragintanovem (Nemésio, 2012)
  • Eulaema pseudocingulata Oliveira, 2006
  • Eulaema seabrai Moure, 1960
  • Eulaema sororia Dressler & Ospina-Torres, 1997
  • Eulaema speciosa (Mocsáry, 1897)
  • Eulaema tenuifasciata (Friese, 1925)
  • Eulaema terminata (Smith, 1874)

References
  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. Michener, C. D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 913 pp.
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. "Eulaema". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
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