Eufriesea is a genus of Euglossini . Like all , they are restricted to the Neotropics.
All species range from entirely to at least partially metallic (the face and/or tegulae), though much of the body in some species may be brown/black in color and hairy.
Distribution
Eufriesea have been found from
Texas to central
Argentina.
[Gonzalez VH, Griswold T, Simões M (2017) On the identity of the adventive species of Eufriesea Cockerell in the USA: systematics and potential distribution of the coerulescens
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E. purpurata
At least one species in this genus, Eufriesea purpurata from Brazil, has been shown to deliberately collect large quantities of the insecticide DDT without any apparent adverse effects.
Name
The genus is named after entomology Heinrich Friese.
Species
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E. aeniventris (Mocsáry, 1896)
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Eufriesea andina (Friese, 1925)
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E. anisochlora (Kimsey, 1977)
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E. atlantica Nemésio, 2008
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E. auriceps (Heinrich Friese, 1899)
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E. auripes (Gribodo, 1882)
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Eufriesea bare González & Gaiani, 1989
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E. barthelli Gonzalez & Griswold 2017
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E. boharti (Kimsey, 1977)
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E. brasilianorum (Friese, 1899)
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E. buchwaldi (Friese, 1923)
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E. caerulescens (Lepeletier, 1841)
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E. chaconi González & Gaiani, 1989
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E. chalybaea (Friese, 1923)
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E. chrysopyga (Mocsáry, 1898)
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E. combinata (Mocsáry, 1897)
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E. concava (Friese, 1899)
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E. convexa (Friese, 1899)
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E. corusca (Kimsey, 1977)
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E. dentilabris (Mocsáry, 1897)
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E. distinguenda (Gribodo, 1882)
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E. dressleri (Kimsey, 1977)
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Eufriesea duckei (Friese, 1923)
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E. eburneocincta (Kimsey, 1977)
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E. elegans (Lepeletier, 1841)
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Eufriesea engeli Gonzalez & Griswold 2017
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E. excellens (Friese, 1925)
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Eufriesea fallax (Smith, 1854)
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E. flaviventris (Friese, 1899)
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E. formosa (Mocsáry, 1908)
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E. fragrocara (Kimsey, 1977)
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E. heideri Nemésio & Bembé, 2008
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E. insularis Ayala et al., 2022
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E. kimimari González & Gaiani, 1989
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E. laniventris (Ducke, 1902)
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E. limbata (Mocsáry, 1897)
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Eufriesea lucida (Kimsey, 1977)
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E. lucifera Kimsey, 1977
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E. macroglossa (Moure, 1965)
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E. magrettii (Friese, 1899)
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E. mariana (Mocsáry, 1896)
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E. mexicana (Mocsáry, 1897)
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E. micheneri (Ayala & Engel, 2008)
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E. mussitans (Fabricius, 1787)
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E. nigrescens (Friese, 1925)
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E. nigrohirta (Friese, 1899)
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E. oliveri Gonzalez & Griswold 2017
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E. opulenta (Mocsáry, 1908)
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Eufriesea ornata (Mocsáry, 1896)
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E. pallida (Kimsey, 1977)
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E. pretiosa (Friese, 1903)
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E. pulchra (Smith, 1854)
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E. purpurata (Mocsáry, 1896)
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E. pyrrhopyga Faria & Melo 2011
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E. rufocauda (Kimsey, 1977)
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Eufriesea rugosa (Friese, 1899)
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E. schmidtiana (Friese, 1925)
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E. simillima (Moure & Michener, 1965)
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E. superba (Hoffmannsegg, 1817)
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E. surinamensis (Carl Linnaeus, 1758)
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E. theresiae (Mocsáry, 1908)
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E. velutina (Moure, 1999)
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E. venezolana (Schrottky, 1913)
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E. venusta (Moure, 1965)
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Eufriesea vidua (Moure, 1976)
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E. violacea (Blanchard, 1840)
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E. violascens (Mocsáry, 1898)
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Eufriesea zhangi Nemésio, Júnior and Santos, 2013
Further reading
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(1993): Nonfloral sources of chemicals that attract male euglossine bees (Apidae: Euglossini). Journal of Chemical Ecology 19(12): 1573–1561.
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(2004): Phylogeny and Biology of Neotropical Orchid Bees (Euglossini). Annual Review of Entomology 49: 377–404.
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(1989): Ecology and natural history of tropical bees. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press.
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(2007): Revisiting the organohalogens associated with 1979-samples of Brazilian bees ( Eufriesea purpurata). Science of the Total Environment 377: 371–377.
External links
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David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): Diagnostic photographs of several Eufriesea species:
- E. mussitans · E. ornata · E. pulchra · E. purpurata · E. surinamensis
