Anjos-Silva, Evandson José Dos;Rebêlo, José Manuel Macário
Exaerete
Sign in to saveExaerete is a genus of euglossine bees 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. It contains the following species: left|thumb|181x181px|Exaerete smaragdina|E. smaragdina, [[Peru]] 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, 20
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Emerald Cuckoo-Orchid bee
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyApidae
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Exaerete is a genus of euglossine bees 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. It contains the following species: left|thumb|181x181px|Exaerete smaragdina|E. smaragdina, [[Peru]] 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)
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