Eulaema

Eulaema
	specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Tribe:	Euglossini
Genus:	Eulaema; Lepeletier, 1841
Diversity
	c. 25 species

Eulaema is a genus of large-bodied euglossine bees that occur primarily in the Neotropics.^[1]^[2] They are robust brown or black bees, hairy or velvety, and often striped with yellow or orange, typically resembling bumblebees. They lack metallic coloration as occurs in the related genus Eufriesea.^[3]

Distribution[]

Eulaema is found from Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), Misiones (Argentina) and Paraguay^[4] to northern Mexico with occasional strays into the United States.^[5]

Species[]

Eulaema meriana

Nemésio, 2009
Moure, 2000
Moure, 1967
(Friese, 1898)
(Packard, 1869)
(Friese, 1923)
Ospina-Torres & Sandino-Franco, 1997
(Fabricius, 1804)
Nemésio, 2010
(Friese, 1899)
Moure, 2000
(Friese, 1898)
Moure, 1967
Eulaema meriana (Olivier, 1789)
Moure, 1967
Eulaema mocsaryi (Friese, 1899)
Oliveira, 2006
Lepeletier, 1841
Oliveira, 2006
(Friese, 1903)
(Mocsáry, 1899)
(Mocsáry, 1897)
Oliveira, 2006
(Nemésio, 2012)
Moure, 1960
Dressler & Ospina-Torres, 1997
(Mocsáry, 1897)
(Friese, 1925)
(Smith, 1874)

References[]

^ 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
^ 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.
^ Michener, C. D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 913 pp.
^ 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
^ Minckley, R. L., S. G. Reyes (1996). Capture of the orchid bee, Eulaema polychroma (Friese) (Apidae: Euglossini) in Arizona, with notes on northern distributions of other Mesoamerican bees. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 69(1): 102-104.

[cameron2004-1] 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

[williams1983-2] 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.

[michener2000-3] Michener, C. D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 913 pp.

[das2006-4] s 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

[minckley1996-5] Minckley, R. L., S. G. Reyes (1996). Capture of the orchid bee, Eulaema polychroma (Friese) (Apidae: Euglossini) in Arizona, with notes on northern distributions of other Mesoamerican bees. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 69(1): 102-104.

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