Exaerete
| Exaerete | |
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| Exaerete frontalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Euglossini |
| Genus: | Exaerete Hoffmannsegg, 1817 [1] |
Exaerete is a
cleptoparasites in the nests of other euglossines in the genera Eufriesea and Eulaema.[3][4] It contains the following species:[4][5]
- Exaerete azteca Moure, 1964
- Exaerete dentata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Exaerete fallaciosa Engel, 2018
- Exaerete frontalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
- Exaerete kimseyae Oliviera, 2011
- Exaerete lepeletieri Oliviera & Nemesio, 2003
- Exaerete salsai Nemesio, 2011
- Exaerete smaragdina (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
- Exaerete tricosa Engel & Bembé, 2020
- Exaerete trochanterica (Friese, 1900)
References
- ^ "Exaerete Hoffmannsegg, 1817". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
- PMID 14651469.
- JSTOR 1541248.
- ^ PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2967: 2–20.
- S2CID 91665807.
External links
- David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): Diagnostic photographs of several Exaerete species