Exaerete

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Apidae
Subfamilia: Apinae
Tribus: Euglossini
Genus: Exaerete
Species (8): E. azteca – E. dentata – E. frontalis – E. kimseyae – E. lepeletieri – E. salsai – E. smaragdina – E. trochanterica

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist, minus (1) E. guaykuru
, plus (3) E. kimseyae – E. lepeletieri – E. salsai
]
Name

Exaerete Hoffmannsegg, 1817

References

dos Anjos-Silva, E.J. & Rebêlo, J.M.M. 2006. A new species of Exaerete Hoffmannsegg (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) from Brazil. Zootaxa 1105: 27–35. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
Nemésio, A. 2011: Exaerete salsai sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae): a new orchid bee from eastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2967: 12–20. Preview Reference page.

Exaerete is a genus of euglossine bees[2] 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.[3][4] It contains the following species:[4][5]

Exaerete azteca Moure, 1964
Exaerete dentata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Exaerete fallaciosa Engel, 2018
Exaerete frontalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
Exaerete kimseyae Oliviera, 2011
Exaerete lepeletieri Oliviera & Nemesio, 2003
Exaerete salsai Nemesio, 2011
Exaerete smaragdina (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
Exaerete tricosa Engel & Bembé, 2020
Exaerete trochanterica (Friese, 1900)

References

"Exaerete Hoffmannsegg, 1817". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
Sydney A. Cameron (2004). "Phylogeny and biology of Neotropical orchid bees (Euglossini)". Annual Review of Entomology. 49: 377–404. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.49.072103.115855. PMID 14651469.
Norris H. Williams & W. Mark Whitten (1983). "Orchid floral fragrances and male euglossine bees: methods and advances in the last sesquidecade". The Biological Bulletin. 164 (3): 355–395. doi:10.2307/1541248. JSTOR 1541248.
Andre Nemesio (2011). "Exaerete salsai sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae): a new orchid bee from eastern Brazil" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2967: 2–20.
Engel, M.S. (2018). "A new species of the cleptoparasitic orchid bee genus Exaerete from northern Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 154 (3): 161–175. doi:10.31184/M00138908.1543.3949.