Eufriesea
| Eufriesea | |
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| Eufriesea chrysopyga | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Euglossini |
| Genus: | Eufriesea Cockerell , 1908
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| Diversity | |
| > 60 species | |
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Eufriesea is a
Neotropics
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All species range from entirely to at least partially metallic (the face and/or tegulae), though much of the body in some species may be brown/black in color and hairy.
Distribution
Eufriesea have been found from Texas to central Argentina.[1][2]
E. purpurata
At least one species in this genus, pheromones. Some orchid bees have also been found to collect fragrances from rotten wood.
Name
The genus is named after entomologist Heinrich Friese.
Species
- E. aeniventris (Mocsáry, 1896)
- E. andina (Friese, 1925)
- E. anisochlora (Kimsey, 1977)
- E. atlantica Nemésio, 2008
- E. auriceps (Friese, 1899)
- E. auripes (Gribodo, 1882)
- E. bare González & Gaiani, 1989
- E. barthelli Gonzalez & Griswold 2017
- E. boharti (Kimsey, 1977)
- E. brasilianorum (Friese, 1899)
- E. buchwaldi (Friese, 1923)
- E. caerulescens (Lepeletier, 1841)
- E. chaconi González & Gaiani, 1989
- E. chalybaea (Friese, 1923)
- E. chrysopyga (Mocsáry, 1898)
- E. combinata (Mocsáry, 1897)
- E. concava (Friese, 1899)
- E. convexa (Friese, 1899)
- E. corusca (Kimsey, 1977)
- E. dentilabris (Mocsáry, 1897)
- E. distinguenda (Gribodo, 1882)
- E. dressleri (Kimsey, 1977)
- E. duckei (Friese, 1923)
- E. eburneocincta (Kimsey, 1977)
- E. elegans (Lepeletier, 1841)
- E. engeli Gonzalez & Griswold 2017
- E. excellens (Friese, 1925)
- E. fallax (Smith, 1854)
- E. flaviventris (Friese, 1899)
- E. formosa (Mocsáry, 1908)
- E. fragrocara (Kimsey, 1977)
- E. heideri Nemésio & Bembé, 2008
- E. insularis Ayala et al., 2022
- E. kimimari González & Gaiani, 1989
- E. laniventris (Ducke, 1902)
- E. limbata (Mocsáry, 1897)
- E. lucida (Kimsey, 1977)
- E. lucifera Kimsey, 1977
- E. macroglossa (Moure, 1965)
- E. magrettii (Friese, 1899)
- E. mariana (Mocsáry, 1896)
- E. mexicana (Mocsáry, 1897)
- E. micheneri (Ayala & Engel, 2008)
- E. mussitans (Fabricius, 1787)
- E. nigrescens (Friese, 1925)
- E. nigrohirta (Friese, 1899)
- E. oliveri Gonzalez & Griswold 2017
- E. opulenta (Mocsáry, 1908)
- E. ornata (Mocsáry, 1896)
- E. pallida (Kimsey, 1977)
- E. pretiosa (Friese, 1903)
- E. pulchra (Smith, 1854)
- E. purpurata (Mocsáry, 1896)
- E. pyrrhopyga Faria & Melo 2011
- E. rufocauda (Kimsey, 1977)
- E. rugosa (Friese, 1899)
- E. schmidtiana (Friese, 1925)
- E. simillima (Moure & Michener, 1965)
- E. superba (Hoffmannsegg, 1817)
- E. surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- E. theresiae (Mocsáry, 1908)
- E. velutina (Moure, 1999)
- E. venezolana (Schrottky, 1913)
- E. venusta (Moure, 1965)
- E. vidua (Moure, 1976)
- Blanchard, 1840)
- E. violascens (Mocsáry, 1898)
- E. zhangi Nemésio, Júnior and Santos, 2013
References
- ^ Gonzalez VH, Griswold T, Simões M (2017) On the identity of the adventive species of Eufriesea Cockerell in the USA: systematics and potential distribution of the coerulescens species group (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 55: 55-102. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.55.12209
- PMID 17273723.
- S2CID 4257709.
Further reading
- Whitten, W. Mark; Young, Allen M. & Stern, David L. (1993): Nonfloral sources of chemicals that attract male euglossine bees (Apidae: Euglossini). Journal of Chemical Ecology 19(12): 1573–1561.
- Cameron, Sydney A. (2004): Phylogeny and Biology of Neotropical Orchid Bees (Euglossini). Annual Review of Entomology 49: 377–404.
- Roubik, D. W. (1989): Ecology and natural history of tropical bees. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press.
- Vetter, Walter & Roberts, Donald (2007): Revisiting the organohalogens associated with 1979-samples of Brazilian bees (Eufriesea purpurata). Science of the Total Environment 377: 371–377.
External links
- David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): Diagnostic photographs of several Eufriesea species: