Aglae
| Aglae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Aglae Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 |
| Species: | A. caerulea
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| Binomial name | |
| Aglae caerulea Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
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Aglae is a
Neotropics. They are metallic blue. This species, like the genus Exaerete, is a nest parasite on free-living Euglossini. A. caerulea lays its eggs in the nests of Eulaema nigrita, and possibly other Eulaema
species.
Among other substances, males of this species are attracted by methyl cinnamate baits.[1]
Name
The
ICZN, the caerulea spelling must be maintained.[note 1]
Distribution
A. caerulea was thought to occur only in the Amazon basin, in the rainforests of northern Bolivia, western Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela, Suriname, and Panama. However, the record from Panama is doubtful. Recent studies have extended the range by about 2,400 km southwards, when specimens were found in the National Park Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil.[2]
References
- PMID 26959953.
- 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.
- "Aglae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
Notes
Further reading
- Cameron, Sydney A. (2004): Phylogeny and Biology of Neotropical Orchid Bees (Euglossini). Annual Review of Entomology 49: 377–404.
External links
- David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): Diagnostic photographs of Aglae caerulea