Euglossa

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Euglossa

male Euglossa sp.

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Subfamily:	Apinae
Tribe:	Euglossini
Genus:	Euglossa Latreille, 1802

Diversity

> 110 species

Species

see text

Euglossa is a genus of euglossine bees. Like all orchid bees, they are restricted to the Neotropics, though one species (Euglossa viridissima) has become established in the United States (Florida).

They are bright metallic blue, green, or bronze.

1 Species
2 References
3 Further reading
4 External links

[edit] 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. 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

[edit] References

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 (TSN 634116). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 12 June 2008.

[edit] 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