Orchid bees of Ecuador
Orchid bees are a fascinating Neotropical tribe of bees, although their common name refers to orchids, they also visit and pollinate a wide variety of plants. In addition to their ecological importance, these bees have very interesting behaviors, one of which is the one that the males carry out when they search for fragrances that certain plants produce to later be used as attractants for the females. But despite being so interesting, very little is known in Ecuador, that is why we work with the Dr. David Roubick of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, in the first list of species for Ecuador, in which we recorded 115 species (see publication), we hope that this information can be used in the future to investigate ecological, ethological, taxonomic aspects and evolutionary.
PublicationsÑ
2021. Orchidarium. Joyas vulnerables de Colombia, Ecuador y otras regiones del Neotrópico. Book. Emmanuel Laverde Colaboración: David Haelterman , Sebastián Padrón, Esteban Dominguez, Jenny M. Cardona.
Padron, P.S. David W. Roubik & Ruben P. Picon. 2018. A preliminary checklist of the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Ecuador. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology.
Preliminary list of species of the Euglossini tribe for Ecuador 2018
Genus Aglae Lepeletier & Serville (1825)
Aglae coerulea Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
Genus Eufriesea Cockerell (1908)
Eufriesea buchwaldi (Friese, 1923)
Eufriesea auripes (Gribodo, 1882)
Eufriesea chrysopyga (Mocsa ́ry, 1898)
Eufriesea combinata (Mocsa ́ry, 1897)
Eufriesea concava (Friese, 1899)
Eufriesea duckei (Friese, 1923)
Eufriesea excellens (Friese, 1925)
Eufriesea fragrocara (Kimsey, 1977)
Eufriesea longipennis (Friese, 1925)
Eufriesea lucida (Kimsey, 1977)
Eufriesea lucifera Kimsey, 1977
Eufriesea magrettii (Friese, 1899); synonym Eufriesea andina Friese, 1925
Eufriesea mussitans (Fabricius, 1787)
Eufriesea nigrescens (Friese, 1923)
Eufriesea ornata (Mocsa ́ry, 1896)
Eufriesea opulenta (Mocsa ́ry, 1908)
Eufriesea pretiosa (Friese, 1903)
Eufriesea pulchra (Smith, 1854)
Eufriesea purpurata (Mocsa ́ry, 1896)
Eufriesea superba (Hoffmannsegg, 1817)
Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eufriesea theresiae (Mocsa ́ry, 1908)
Eufriesea venezolana (Schrottky, 1913)
Genus Euglossa Latreille (1802)
Subgenus Euglossa Latreille, 1802
Euglossa amazonica Dressler, 1982
Euglossa analis Westwood, 1840
Euglossa avicula, Dressler, 1982
Euglossa auricollis Friese, 1923 Records: [18].
Euglossa auriventris Friese, 1925
Euglossa bidentata Dressler, 1982
Euglossa championi Cheesman, 1929
Euglossa charapensis Cockerell, 1917
Euglossa chlorina Dressler, 1982
Euglossa cognata Moure, 1970
Euglossa cordata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Euglossa cybelia Moure, 1968
Euglossa deceptrix Moure, 1968
Euglossa despecta Moure, 1968
Euglossa dissimula Dressler, 1978
Euglossa dressleri Moure, 1968
Euglossa gaianii Dressler, 1982
Euglossa gibbosa Dressler, 1982
Euglossa hansoni Moure, 1965
Euglossa hemichlora Cockerell, 1917
Euglossa heterosticta Moure, 1968
Euglossa ioprosopa Dressler, 1982
Euglossa iopyrrha Dressler, 1982
Euglossa maculilabris Moure, 1968
Euglossa magnipes Dressler, 1982
Euglossa milenae Bembe ́, 2007
Euglossa mixta Friese, 1899
Euglossa modestior Dressler, 1982
Euglossa mourei Dressler, 1982
Euglossa nigropilosa Moure, 1965
Euglossa platymera Dressler, 1982
Euglossa pleosticta Dressler, 1982
Euglossa retroviridis Dressler, 1982
Euglossa securigera Dressler, 1982
Euglossa tridentata Moure, 1970
Euglossa variabilis Friese, 1899
Subgenus Euglossella Moure, 1967
Euglossa apiformis Schrottky, 1911
Euglossa bigibba Dressler, 1982
Euglossa cyanura Cockerell, 1917
Euglossa granti Cheesman, 1929
Euglossa perfulgens Moure, 1967
Euglossa singularis Mocsa ́ry, 1899
Euglossa viridis (Perty, 1833)
Euglossa allosticta Moure, 1969
Euglossa asarophora Moure & Sakagami, 1969
Euglossa flammea Moure, 1969
Euglossa ignita Smith, 187
Euglossa imperialis Cockerell, 1922
Euglossa lugubris Roubik, 2004
Euglossa natesi Parra, Ospina-Torres & Ram ́ırez, 2006
Euglossa occidentalis Roubik, 2004
Euglossa orellana Roubik, 2004
Euglossa rufipes Rasmussen & Skov, 2006
Euglossa tiputini Roubik, 2004
Euglossa viridifrons Dressler, 1982
Subgenus Glossurella Dressler, 1982
Euglossa augaspis Dressler, 1982
Euglossa moratoi Neme ́sio & Engel 2012
Euglossa dodsoni Moure, 1965
Euglossa fuscifrons Dressler, 1982
Euglossa gorgonensis Cheesman, 1929
Euglossa laevicincta Dressler, 1982
Euglossa macrorhyncha Dressler, 1982
Euglossa prasina Dressler, 1982
Euglossa samperi Ram ́ırez, 2006
Euglossa turbinifex Dressler, 1978
Euglossa williamsi Hinojosa-D ́ıaz & Engel, 2011
Subgenus Glossuropoda Moure, 1989
Euglossa intersecta Latreille, 1817
Euglossa rugilabris Moure, 1967
Genus Eulaema Lepeletier (1841)
Subgenus Apaulaema Moure, 1950 [71]
Eulaema boliviensis Friese, 1898
Eulaema cingulata (Fabricius, 1804); synonym pseudocingulata Oliveira 2000)
Eulaema marcii Neme ́sio, A. (2009); synonym cingulata?
Eulaema mocsaryi (Friese, 1899)
Eulaema napensis Oliveira, 2006
Eulaema nigrifacies Friese, 1898
Eulaema nigrita Lepeletier, 1841
Eulaema peruviana (Friese, 1903)
Eulaema polychroma (Mocsa ́ry, 1899)
Eulaema speciosa (Mocsa ́ry, 1897)
Subgenus Eulaema Lepeletier, 1841
Eulaema bombiformis (Packard, 1869)
Eulaema bomboides (Friese, 1923
Eulaema chocoana Ospina-Torres & Sandino- Franco, 1997
Eulaema leucopyga Friese, 1898
Eulaema meriana (Olivier, 1789)
Eulaema parapolyzona Oliveira, 2006
Eulaema tenuifasciata (Friese, 1925)
Eulaema sororia Dressler & Ospina-Torres, 1997
Genus Exaerete Hoffmannsegg (1817)
Exaerete dentata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Exaerete frontalis (Gue ́rin, 1844)
Exaerete lepeletieri Oliveira & Neme ́sio, 2003
Exaerete smaragdina (Gue ́rin, 1844)
Exaerete trochanterica (Friese, 1900)
