Orchid Bees of Ecuador | sebastianpadron

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.

Publications :

2021. Orchidarium. Vulnerable jewels of Colombia, Ecuador and other regions of the Neotropics. Emmanuel Laverde Collaboration: David Haelterman, Sebastián Padrón , Esteban Dominguez, Jenny M. Cardona .

Padron, PS 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)

Euphrisea lucida (Kimsey, 1977)

eufriesea lucifera kimsey, 1977

Eufriesea magrettii (Friese, 1899); synonymous andean eufriesea 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 (Hoffmansegg, 1817)
Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Eufriesea theresiae (Mocsa'ry, 1908)

Venezuelan eufriesea (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 Cheeseman, 1929
Euglossa charapensis Cockerel, 1917

Euglossa chlorina Dressler, 1982

Euglossa cognata Moure, 1970

Euglossa cordata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Euglossa cybelia Moure, 1968

Euglossa deceptrix Moure, 1968

Euglossa looks up Moure, 1968

Euglossa disguises Dressler, 1978
euglossa dressleri Moure, 1968

Euglossa gaianii Dressler, 1982

Euglossa gibbosa Dressler, 1982

euglossa hansoni Moure, 1965

Euglossa hemichlora Cockerel, 1917

Euglossa heterosticta Moure, 1968
Euglossa ioprosopa Dressler, 1982

Euglossa iopyrrha Dressler, 1982

Euglossa maculilabris Moure, 1968
Euglossa magnipes Dressler, 1982

Euglossa milenae Bembé, 2007

Euglossa mixed 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 Cockerel, 1917

euglossa granti Cheeseman, 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 Cockerel, 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 Cheeseman, 1929

Euglossa laevicincta Dressler, 1982
Euglossa macrorhyncha Dressler, 1982

Euglossa prasina Dressler, 1982

Euglossa saperi Ram ́ırez, 2006
Euglossa Turbinifex Dressler, 1978

euglossa williamsi Hinojosa-D ́ıaz & Engel, 2011

Subgenus Glossuropoda Moure, 1989

Euglossa intersects Latreille, 1817

Euglossa rugilabris Moure, 1967

Genus Eulaema Lepeletier (1841)

Subgenus Apaulaema Moure, 1950 [71]

Eulaema boliviensis Friese, 1898

Eulaema cingulata (Fabricius, 1804); synonymous pseudocingulata Oliveira 2000)

Eulaema marcii Neme´sio, A. (2009); synonymous cingulate?

Eulaema mocsaryi (Friese, 1899)

Eulaema napensis Oliveira, 2006

Eulaema nigrifacies Friese, 1898

Eulaema nigrita Lepeletier, 1841

Peruvian eulaema (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)

Frontal exaggeration (Gue'rin, 1844)

exaerete lepeletieri Oliveira & Nemé´sio, 2003

Exaerete smaragdina (Gue'rin, 1844)

Trochanteric rash (Friese, 1900)