Exaerete
| Exaerete | |
|---|---|
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| Exaerete smaragdina in the Saint Petersburg Zoological Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Euglossini |
| Genus: | Exaerete Hoffmannsegg, 1817 [1] |
Exaerete is a genus of euglossine bees[2] found from Mexico to northern Argentina.[3] Like all orchid bees, they are restricted to the Neotropics. All but one species is metallic green,[3] and they are cleptoparasites in the nests of other euglossines in the genera Eufriesea and Eulaema.[4][5] It contains the following species:[5]
- Exaerete azteca Moure, 1964
- Exaerete dentata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Exaerete frontalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
- Exaerete kimseyae Oliviera, 2011
- Exaerete lepeletieri Oliviera & Nemesei, 2003
- Exaerete salsai Nemesio, 2011
- Exaerete smaragdina (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
- Exaerete trochanterica (Friese, 1900)
References
- ↑ "Exaerete Hoffmannsegg, 1817". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
- ↑ Sydney A. Cameron (2004). "Phylogeny and biology of Neotropical orchid bees (Euglossini)". Annual Review of Entomology. 49: 377–404. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.49.072103.115855. PMID 14651469.
- 1 2 Evandson J. dos Anjos-Silva, Evandro Camillo & Carlos A. Garáfalo (2006). "Occurrence of Aglae caerulea Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in the Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso State, Brazil". Neotropical Entomology. 35 (6): 868–870. doi:10.1590/S1519-566X2006000600024.
- ↑ Norris H. Williams & W. Mark Whitten (1983). "Orchid floral fragrances and male euglossine bees: methods and advances in the last sesquidecade". The Biological Bulletin. 164 (3): 355–395. doi:10.2307/1541248. JSTOR 1541248.
- 1 2 Andre Nemesio (2011). "Exaerete salsai sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae): a new orchid bee from eastern Brazil" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2967: 2–20.
External links
- David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): Diagnostic photographs of several Exaerete species
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