Eufriesea

Eufriesea is a genus of euglossine bees. Like all orchid bees, they are restricted to the Neotropics.

They are of metallic or brown/black color and hairy.

Contents 1 Distribution 2 E. purpurata 3 Name 4 Species 5 Footnotes 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links

Distribution

Eufriesea is the most widely distributed genus of euglossines. Specimens have been found from Mexico to central Argentina^[1].

E. purpurata

At least one of its species, Eufriesea purpurata from Brazil, has been shown to selectively collect large quantities of the insecticide DDT without any apparent adverse effects. Individual bees were observed to collect as much as 2 mg, which is in the percent range of body weight. The males of orchid bees are known to collect aromatic fragrances from certain kinds of orchids, and it is thought that they use these in territorial display and courtship, probably as precursors of their own 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. anisochlora (Kimsey, 1977) E. aridicola (Moure, Neves, and Viana, 2001) E. atlantica Nemésio, 2008 E. auriceps (Friese, 1899) E. auripes (Gribodo, 1882) E. bare González & Gaiani, 1989 E. boharti (Kimsey, 1977) E. brasilianorum (Friese, 1899) 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. distinguenda (Gribodo, 1882) E. dressleri (Kimsey, 1977) E. duckei (Friese, 1923) E. eburneocincta (Kimsey, 1977) E. elegans (Lepeletier, 1841) E. excellens (Friese, 1925) E. faceta (Moure, 1999) E. fallax (Smith, 1854) E. flaviventris (Friese, 1899) E. formosa (Mocsáry, 1908) E. fragrocara (Kimsey, 1977) 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. mussitans (Fabricius, 1787) E. nigrescens (Friese, 1925) E. nigrohirta (Friese, 1899) E. nordestina (Moure, 1999) 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. rufocauda (Kimsey, 1977) E. rugosa (Friese, 1899) E. schmidtiana (Friese, 1925) E. simillima (Moure & Michener, 1965) E. smaragdina (Perty, 1833) E. superba (Hoffmannsegg, 1817) E. surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) E. theresiae (Mocsáry, 1908) E. tucumana (Schrottky, 1902) E. velutina (Moure, 1999) E. venezolana (Schrottky, 1913) E. venusta (Moure, 1965) E. vidua (Moure, 1976) E. violacea (Blanchard, 1840) E. violascens (Mocsáry, 1898)

Footnotes

See also

• Helaeomyia petrolei, a fly whose maggots develop in crude petroleum

References

• Roberts, Donald R.; Alecrim, Wilson D.; Heller, Jack M.; Ehrhardt, Susan R. & Lima, José B. (1982): Male Eufriesia [sic purpurata, a DDT-collecting euglossine bee in Brazil. Nature 297: 62-63. doi:10.1038/297062a0
• dos Anjos-Silva, Evandson J.; Camillo, Evandro & Garófalo, Carlos A. (2006): Occurrence of Aglae caerulea Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in the Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Neotrop. Entomol. 35(6) doi:10.1590/S1519-566X2006000600024
• "Eufriesea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634115. Retrieved 9 June 2008. 

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. doi:10.1007/BF00980599
• 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
• 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. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.02.009

External links

• David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): Diagnostic photographs of several Eufriesea species:

E. mussitans · E. ornata · E. pulchra · E. purpurata · E. surinamensis