Manuelia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Xylocopinae
Tribus: Manueliini
Genus: Manuelia
Species:
Name

Manuelia

References

Engel, M.S. 2012: On the classification of the bee genus Manuelia (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Acta entomologica slovenica 20(1): 65–72. Reference page.

Manuelia is a genus of bees in the subfamily Xylocopinae, the only genus in the tribe Manueliini. There are three species.[1]

This tribe is relictual. Today it is limited to Chile and Argentina.[1]

These are small, slender bees measuring up to 8.5 millimeters long. They may be metallic blue or matte black, sometimes with reddish parts on the abdomen. Because Manuelia species are so distinct from each other, the genus is divided into two subgenera.[1]
Species

Manuelia gayatina (Spinola, 1851)
Manuelia gayi (Spinola, 1851)
Manuelia postica (Spinola, 1851)

Notes

Engel, M. S. (2012). On the classification of the bee genus Manuelia (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Acta Entomologica Slovenica, 20(1) 65-72.

References

Michener, C. D. (2007). The Bees of the World, 2nd Edition, Johns Hopkins University Press.