Eufriesea

Eufriesea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Apinae
Tribe: Euglossini
Genus: Eufriesea
Cockerell, 1908
Species

see text

Diversity
> 60 species
Synonyms

Plusia
Euplusia
Eumorpha
Eufriesia

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

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 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.[2] 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

The genus Eufriesea contains the following species:[3]

  • 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. micheneri (Ayala & Engel, 2008)
  • 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)
  • E. zhangi Nemésio, Júnior and Santos, 2013

See also

References

  1. Anjos-Silva, Evandson J. dos; Camillo, Evandro; Garófalo, Carlos A. (December 2006). "Occurrence of Aglae caerulea Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in the Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso State, Brazil". Neotropical Entomology 35 (6): 868–870. doi:10.1590/S1519-566X2006000600024.
  2. Roberts, Donald R.; Alecrim, Wilson D.; Heller, Jack M.; Ehrhardt, Susan R.; Lima, Jose B. (6 May 1982). "Male Eufriesia purpurata, a DDT-collecting euglossine bee in Brazil". Nature 297 (5861): 62–63. doi:10.1038/297062a0.
  3. "Eufriesea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 June 2008.

Further reading

External links

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


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