''Eufriesea'' is a
genus of
euglossine bee
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s. 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
Texas to central
Argentina.
[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]
''E. purpurata''
At least one species in this genus, ''
Eufriesea purpurata
''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 br ...
'' from
Brazil, has been shown to deliberately collect large quantities of the
insecticide
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DDT without any apparent adverse effects.
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
The genus is named after
entomologist
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Heinrich Friese.
Species
* ''
E. aeniventris''
( Mocsáry, 1896)
* ''
Eufriesea andina
''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 br ...
''
(Friese, 1925)
* ''
E. anisochlora''
(Kimsey, 1977)
* ''
E. atlantica''
Nemésio, 2008
* ''
E. auriceps''
( Friese, 1899)
* ''
E. auripes''
(Gribodo, 1882)
* ''
E. bare''
González & Gaiani, 1989
* ''
Eufriesea barthelli
''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 br ...
''
Gonzalez & Griswold 2017
* ''
E. boharti''
(Kimsey, 1977)
* ''
E. brasilianorum''
(Friese, 1899)
* ''
Eufriesea buchwaldi
''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 br ...
''
(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)
* ''
Eufriesea dentilabris
''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 b ...
''
(Mocsáry, 1897)
* ''
E. distinguenda''
(Gribodo, 1882)
* ''
E. dressleri''
(Kimsey, 1977)
* ''
E. duckei''
(Friese, 1923)
* ''
E. eburneocincta''
(Kimsey, 1977)
* ''
E. elegans''
( Lepeletier, 1841)
* ''
Eufriesea engeli
''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 b ...
''
Gonzalez & Griswold 2017
* ''
E. excellens''
(Friese, 1925)
* ''
E. fallax''
( Smith, 1854)
* ''
E. flaviventris''
(Friese, 1899)
* ''
E. formosa''
(Mocsáry, 1908)
* ''
E. fragrocara''
(Kimsey, 1977)
* ''
Eufriesea heideri
''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 b ...
''
Nemésio & Bembé, 2008
* ''
Eufriesea insularis
''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 b ...
''
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''
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* ''
E. nigrescens''
(Friese, 1925)
* ''
E. nigrohirta''
(Friese, 1899)
* ''
Eufriesea oliveri
''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 b ...
''
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)
* ''
Eufriesea pyrrhopyga
''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 b ...
''
Faria & Melo 2011
* ''
E. rufocauda''
(Kimsey, 1977)
* ''
E. rugosa''
(Friese, 1899)
* ''
E. schmidtiana''
(Friese, 1925)
* ''
E. simillima''
(Moure & Michener, 1965)
* ''
E. superba''
(Hoffmannsegg
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, 1817)
* ''
E. surinamensis''
( Linnaeus, 1758
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* ''
E. theresiae''
(Mocsáry, 1908)
* ''
E. velutina''
(Moure, 1999)
* ''
E. venezolana''
(Schrottky, 1913)
* ''
E. venusta''
(Moure, 1965)
* ''
E. vidua''
(Moure, 1976)
* ''
E. violacea''
(Blanchard
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Geographical distribution
As of 2014, ...
, 1840)
* ''
E. violascens''
(Mocsáry, 1898)
* ''
E. zhangi''
Nemésio, Júnior and Santos, 2013
References
Further reading
* (1993): Nonfloral sources of chemicals that attract male euglossine bees (Apidae: Euglossini). ''Journal of Chemical Ecology'' 19(12): 1573–1561.
* (2004): Phylogeny and Biology of Neotropical Orchid Bees (Euglossini). ''Annual Review of Entomology'' 49: 377–404.
* (1989): ''Ecology and natural history of tropical bees''. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press.
* (2007): Revisiting the organohalogens associated with 1979-samples of Brazilian bees (''Eufriesea purpurata''). ''Science of the Total Environment'' 377: 371–377.
External links
* David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): Diagnostic photographs of several ''Eufriesea'' species:
''E. mussitans''Â
''E. ornata''Â
''E. pulchra''Â
''E. purpurata''Â
''E. surinamensis''
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Euglossini
Taxa named by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell
Bee genera
Orchid pollinators