Exaerete
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Exaerete is a genus of euglossine bees. Like all orchid bees, they are restricted to the Neotropics.
Like most orchid bees, they are metallic (green, blue, or purple), but they are cleptoparasites in the nests of other euglossines, such as Eufriesea species.
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[edit] Species
- E. azteca Moure, 1964
- E. dentata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- E. frontalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
- E. guaykuru Anjos-Silva & Rebêlo, 2006
- E. smaragdina (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
- E. trochanterica (Friese, 1900)
[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.
- Exaerete (TSN 634125). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 12 June 2008.
[edit] Further reading
- 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
[edit] External links
- David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): Diagnostic photographs of several Exaerete species
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