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Exaerete

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Tribe
  
Euglossini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Apidae

Scientific name
  
Exaerete

Higher classification
  
Euglossini

Order
  
Hymenopterans


Similar
  
Euglossini, Eufriesea, Eulaema, Bee, Aglae

Exaerete is a genus of euglossine bees found from Mexico to northern Argentina. Like all orchid bees, they are restricted to the Neotropics. All but one species is metallic green, and they are cleptoparasites in the nests of other euglossines in the genera Eufriesea and Eulaema. It contains the following species:


  • Exaerete azteca Moure, 1964
  • Exaerete dentata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Exaerete frontalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
  • Exaerete kimseyae Oliviera, 2011
  • Exaerete lepeletieri Oliviera & Nemesei, 2003
  • Exaerete salsai Nemesio, 2011
  • Exaerete smaragdina (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
  • Exaerete trochanterica (Friese, 1900)




    • References

    Exaerete Wikipedia
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