Eulaema - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Eulaema is a genus

Genus

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of large-bodied euglossine

Euglossini

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bee

Bee

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s that occur primarily in the Neotropics.

They are robust brown or black bees, hairy or velvety and often striped with yellow or orange, typically resembling bumblebee

Bumblebee

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Distribution

Eulaema is found from Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul

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(Brazil

Brazil

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), Misiones (Argentina

Argentina

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) and Paraguay

Paraguay

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to northern Mexico

Mexico

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with occasional strays into the United States

United States

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Species

E. basicincta Moure, 2000
E. bennetti Moure, 1967
E. boliviensis (Friese, 1898)
E. bombiformis (Packard, 1869)
E. bomboides (Friese, 1923)
E. chocoana Ospina-Torres & Sandino-Franco, 1997
E. cingulata (Fabricius, 1804)
E. flavescens (Friese, 1899)
E. leucopyga (Friese, 1898)
E. luteola Moure, 1967
E. meriana (Olivier, 1789)
E. mocsaryi (Friese, 1899)
E. napensis Oliveira, 2006
E. nigrifacies (Friese, 1897)
E. nigrita Lepeletier, 1841
E. parapolyzona Oliveira, 2006
E. peruviana (Friese, 1903)
E. polychroma (Mocsáry, 1899)
E. polyzona (Mocsáry, 1897)
E. pseudocingulata Oliveira, 2006
E. seabrai Moure, 1960
E. sororia Dressler & Ospina-Torres, 1997
E. speciosa (Mocsáry, 1897)
E. tenuifasciata (Friese, 1925)
E. terminata (Smith, 1874)

External links

David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute): Diagnostic photographs of several Eulaema species

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Distribution

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