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Tribe Euglossini - Orchid Bees

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Halictidae? - Euglossa viridissima - female Orchid Bee - Euglossa viridissima Let sleeping orchid bees, well ... hang - Euglossa viridissima - female Orchid bee - Euglossa viridissima - female Baiting orchid bees at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center - Euglossa viridissima - male Orchid bee - Euglossa viridissima - female Orchid Bee - posting for location & date record - Euglossa viridissima - male Emerald Explorer - Euglossa viridissima
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)
Pronunciation
you-GLOSS-in-ee
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Subfamily Euglossinae
Explanation of Names
Named after the genus, Euglossa
Numbers
Only one species makes it into our area
Identification
Brilliant metallic, often brightly colored bees. Very long tongue; apical spurs on the hind tibia; they lack jugal lobes in the hind wings; the scutellum produced backward over the abdomen.
Range
Tropics. One species has been recorded in Brownsville TX (1), p.698, and recently has become established in South Florida (2).
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Everything about bees
(2)Florida Entomologist:ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEOTROPICAL ORCHID BEE EUGLOSSA VIRIDISSIMA (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) IN FLORIDA
Works Cited
1.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn
2.ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEOTROPICAL ORCHID BEE EUGLOSSA VIRIDISSIMA (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) IN FLORIDA
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 12 December, 2006 - 1:57am

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