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Euglossa ignita Smith, 1874

Euglossa ignita Smith, 1874:25, Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:232, Holotype ♂ (London); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:26, Holotype ♂ (BMNH, 17b950). - Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Friese, 1899Friese, H. 1899. Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 22:117-172. (distribution); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Friese, 1902Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201. (distribution); Cockerell, 1910Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. - XXVIII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 5 (29):409-419. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution); Cockerell, 1922Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. 4. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2413):1-20. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Ackermann, 1983Ackermann, J.D. 1983. Diversity and seasonality of male euglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Central Panamá. Ecology 64 (2):274-283. (distribution); Bonilla-Gómez & Nates-Parra, 1992Bonilla-Gómez, M.A. & G. Nates-Parra 1992. Abejas euglosinas de Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae), I. Claves ilustradas. Caldasia 17 (1):149-172. (distribution); Ramírez et al., 2002Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution); Rasmussen et al., 2007Rasmussen, C., G. Mahé & I.A. Hinojosa-Díaz 2007. Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423:59-62. (distribution); Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2012Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. & M.S. Engel 2012. A checklist of the orchid bees of Nicaragua (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85 (2):135-144. (distribution); Ospina et al., 2015Ospina-Torrres, R., P.M. Montoya-Pfeiffer, A. Parra-H., V. Solarte & J. Tupac Otero 2015. Interaction networks and the use of floral resources by male orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in a primary rain forests of the Chocó Region (Colombia). Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 63 (3):647-658. (distribution); McCravy et al., 2016McCravy, K.W., J.Van Dyke, T.J. Creedy & D.W. Roubik 2016. Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Cusuco National Park, State of Cortés, Honduras. The Florida Entomologist 99 (4):765-768. (distribution); Murgas et al., 2018Murgas, A.S., J.C. Abrego, O.G.C. López, C.M. Monteza-Moreno, M. Osorio, R. Guardia, E. Álvarez, K. Quiroz, Y.J. Añino, R.E.B. Carranza & C. Villareal 2018. Abejas de las orquídeas (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) del Parque Nacional Darién, Panamá. Tecnociencia 20 (2):59-69. (distribution); Sagot et al., 2018Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011. (distribution); García et al., 2023García A.C., S. Bossert, A.G. Armas Quiñónez, R.S. Zack, J. Monzón Sierra 2023. Las abejas de las orquídeas de Guatemala (Apidae: Euglossini). In: Schuster, J.C., J. Yoshimoto & J. Monzón Sierra (Ed.). Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen III. 139-153. (distribution).
Euglossa bari Dominique, 1898:58, Lectotype ♂ (Nantes, drawer 10188), designated by Rasmussen et al., 2007Rasmussen, C., G. Mahé & I.A. Hinojosa-Díaz 2007. Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423:59-62.:60; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:26, Lectotype ♂ (MHNAN). Synonymized with Euglossa ignita Smith, 1874 by Rasmussen et al., 2007Rasmussen, C., G. Mahé & I.A. Hinojosa-Díaz 2007. Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423:59-62.:60. - Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:26 ( listed as synonym of Euglossa ignita Smith, 1874).
Euglossa ignita chlorosoma Cockerell, 1918:688, sex not indicated. Holotype ♀ (The American Museum of Natural History, Hym. 140); Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:232, Holotype ♀ (New York); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:26, Holotype ♀ (AMNH). - Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:26 ( listed as synonym of Euglossa ignita Smith, 1874). - As Euglossa chlorosoma: - Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:232 ( listed as synonym of Euglossa ignita Smith, 1874); Ramírez et al., 2002Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118.:116 ( listed as synonym of Euglossa ignita Smith, 1874).

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Area distribution map

map of Euglossa ignita Smith, 1874

Distribution

BLZBelize
 (Ramírez et al., 2002)
BRABrazil
 (Friese, 1899; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Ramírez et al., 2002)
COLColombia
 (Cockerell, 1922; Bonilla-Gómez & Nates-Parra, 1992; Ramírez et al., 2002; Smith-Pardo, 2003; Ospina et al., 2015)
CRICosta Rica
 (Ramírez et al., 2002)
ECUEcuador
 (Cockerell, 1910; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Ramírez et al., 2002)
GTMGuatemala
 (Cockerell, 1922; García et al., 2023)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Rasmussen et al., 2007; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011 [as Euglossa bari Dominique, 1898])
GUYGuyana
 (Cockerell, 1918 [as Euglossa ignita chlorosoma Cockerell, 1918]; Kimsey & Dressler, 1986 [as Euglossa chlorosoma Cockerell, 1918]; Ramírez et al., 2002; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011 [as Euglossa ignita chlorosoma Cockerell, 1918])
HNDHonduras
 (McCravy et al., 2016)
JAMJamaica
 (Cresson, 1879; Dalla Torre, 1896; Ashmead, 1900; Friese, 1902; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Kimsey & Dressler, 1986; Ramírez et al., 2002; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Sagot et al., 2018)
NICNicaragua
 (Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2012 new)
PANPanama
 (Friese, 1899; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Michener, 1954; Ackermann, 1983; Ramírez et al., 2002; Murgas et al., 2018)
PERPeru
 (Friese, 1899; Ramírez et al., 2002)
SURSuriname
 (Ramírez et al., 2002)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Ramírez et al., 2002; Starr & Hook, 2003)
VENVenezuela
 (Friese, 1899; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Ramírez et al., 2002)

Literature

  • Ackermann, J.D. 1983. Diversity and seasonality of male euglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Central Panamá. Ecology 64 (2):274-283.
  • Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367.
  • Bonilla-Gómez, M.A. & G. Nates-Parra 1992. Abejas euglosinas de Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae), I. Claves ilustradas. Caldasia 17 (1):149-172.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. - XXVIII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 5 (29):409-419.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1918. Bees from British Guiana. Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 38:685-690.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. 4. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2413):1-20.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Friese, H. 1899. Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 22:117-172.
  • Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201.
  • García A.C., S. Bossert, A.G. Armas Quiñónez, R.S. Zack, J. Monzón Sierra 2023. Las abejas de las orquídeas de Guatemala (Apidae: Euglossini). In: Schuster, J.C., J. Yoshimoto & J. Monzón Sierra (Ed.). Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen III. 139-153.
  • Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. & M.S. Engel 2012. A checklist of the orchid bees of Nicaragua (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85 (2):135-144.
  • Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.
  • Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.
  • McCravy, K.W., J.Van Dyke, T.J. Creedy & D.W. Roubik 2016. Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Cusuco National Park, State of Cortés, Honduras. The Florida Entomologist 99 (4):765-768.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • Murgas, A.S., J.C. Abrego, O.G.C. López, C.M. Monteza-Moreno, M. Osorio, R. Guardia, E. Álvarez, K. Quiroz, Y.J. Añino, R.E.B. Carranza & C. Villareal 2018. Abejas de las orquídeas (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) del Parque Nacional Darién, Panamá. Tecnociencia 20 (2):59-69.
  • Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.
  • Ospina-Torrres, R., P.M. Montoya-Pfeiffer, A. Parra-H., V. Solarte & J. Tupac Otero 2015. Interaction networks and the use of floral resources by male orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in a primary rain forests of the Chocó Region (Colombia). Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 63 (3):647-658.
  • Ramírez, S., R.L. Dressler, & M. Ospina 2002. Abejas euglosinas de la Región Neotropical: Listado de especies con notas sobre su biología. Biota Colombiana 3 (1):7-118.
  • Rasmussen, C., G. Mahé & I.A. Hinojosa-Díaz 2007. Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423:59-62.
  • Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011.
  • Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341.
  • Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31.