Genus Euglossa - Orchid Bees

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range

Green Bee? - Euglossa viridissima - female

Orchid Bee - Euglossa viridissima - male

Let sleeping orchid bees, well ... hang - Euglossa viridissima - female

Orchid bee in flight - Euglossa viridissima - male

Orchid bee in flight - Euglossa viridissima - female

Baiting orchid bees at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center - Euglossa viridissima - male

Orchid bee - Euglossa viridissima - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)

Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)

Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees)

Tribe Euglossini (Orchid Bees)

Genus Euglossa (Orchid Bees)

Explanation of Names

Greek eu-(ευ)- "good, well-" + glossa (γλωσσα)- "tongue"; "well-tongued". This refers to the long tongue.

Numbers

One species makes it into our area

Range

Tropics. One species is now established in South Florida, and has been recorded for Brownsville on the southern tip of Texas.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 3 May, 2006 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 12 December, 2006 - 2:34am

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