Eufriesea
| Eufriesea | |
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| File:Eufriesea chrysopyga (22599019459).jpg | |
| Eufriesea chrysopyga | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Euglossini |
| Genus: | Eufriesea Cockerell, 1908 |
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| Diversity | |
| > 60 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
[edit | edit source]Eufriesea have been found from Texas to central Argentina.[1][2]
E. purpurata
[edit | edit source]At least one species in this genus, Eufriesea purpurata from Brazil, has been shown to deliberately collect large quantities of the insecticide DDT without any apparent adverse effects.[3] Individual bees were observed to collect as much as 2 mg, which is equivalent to several percent of the bee's weight. Bees were observed to return to the walls of houses that had been recently sprayed with DDT and to collect the dried insecticide. 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
[edit | edit source]The genus is named after entomologist Heinrich Friese.
Species
[edit | edit source]- 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)
- E. violacea (Blanchard, 1840)
- E. violascens (Mocsáry, 1898)
- E. zhangi Nemésio, Júnior and Santos, 2013
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Cameron, Sydney A. (2004): Phylogeny and Biology of Neotropical Orchid Bees (Euglossini). Annual Review of Entomology 49: 377–404. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- 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. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): Diagnostic photographs of several Eufriesea species:
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