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Euglossa imperialis Cockerell, 1922

Euglossa piliventris imperialis Cockerell, 1922:6, ♀. Holotype ♀, Rio Trinidad, Panama, March 16-23, 1912 (U.S.N.M., No. 24882, leg. August Busck); Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:232, Holotype ♀ (Washington); 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 ♀ (USNM, 24882). - Cockerell, 1928Cockerell, T.D.A. 1928. Bees collected by Nathan Banks in the vicinity of the Panama Canal. Psyche 35:173-181. (distribution); Schwarz, 1934Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24. (distribution). - As Euglossa imperialis: - Ackermann, 1983Ackermann, J.D. 1983. Diversity and seasonality of male euglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Central Panamá. Ecology 64 (2):274-283. (distribution); Zimmermann, 1988Zimmermann, J.K. 1988. Age structure of male Euglossa imperialis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) at nectar and chemical sources in Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 4 (3):303-306. (distribution), 303-305 (biology); 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); 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); Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197. (distribution); Gruber et al., 2008Gruber, M.H., L. Morawetz & M. Wiemers 2008. Diversity of Euglossini (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in primary and secondary lowland rainforests in south-western Costa Rica. Stapfia 88:257-266. (distribution); Imperatriz-Fonseca et al., 2011Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., I. Alves-dos-Santos, P. Souza Santos-Filho, W. Engels, M. Ramalho, W. Wilms, J.B Vicentin Aguilar, C.A. Pinheiro-Machado, D. Araújo Alves & A. Matos Peixoto Kleinert 2011. Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 11 (1a):631-655. (distribution); Santos Murgas et al., 2012Santos Murgas, A., R.A. Munoz Méndez, E. Medianero, M. Osorio-Arenas & R. Carranza 2012. Abejas de las orquídeas (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) en la Comarca guna de Madungandí, provincia de Panamá, Panamá. Scientia (Panamá) 22 (2):77-91. (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); Gonzalez et al., 2012Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934. (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); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (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).

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Area distribution map

map of Euglossa imperialis Cockerell, 1922

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Ramírez et al., 2002; Imperatriz-Fonseca et al., 2011)
COLColombia
 (Bonilla-Gómez & Nates-Parra, 1992; Ramírez et al., 2002; Smith-Pardo, 2003; Gonzalez et al., 2012)
CRICosta Rica
 (Ramírez et al., 2002; Gruber et al., 2008)
GTMGuatemala
 (García et al., 2023)
GUYGuyana
 (Ramírez et al., 2002)
HNDHonduras
 (McCravy et al., 2016)
MEXMexico
 (Ramírez et al., 2002; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-CamMexico - Campeche
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Sagot et al., 2018)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-TabMexico - Tabasco
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
NICNicaragua
 (Hinojosa-Díaz & Engel, 2012 new)
PANPanama
 (Cockerell, 1922; Cockerell, 1928; Schwarz, 1934; Ackermann, 1983; Kimsey & Dressler, 1986; Zimmermann, 1988; Ramírez et al., 2002; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011; Santos Murgas et al., 2012; Murgas et al., 2018)
PERPeru
 (Ramírez et al., 2002)
SURSuriname
 (Ramírez et al., 2002)
VENVenezuela
 (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.
  • 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. 1922. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. 4. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2413):1-20.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1928. Bees collected by Nathan Banks in the vicinity of the Panama Canal. Psyche 35:173-181.
  • 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.
  • Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934.
  • Gruber, M.H., L. Morawetz & M. Wiemers 2008. Diversity of Euglossini (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in primary and secondary lowland rainforests in south-western Costa Rica. Stapfia 88:257-266.
  • 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.
  • Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., I. Alves-dos-Santos, P. Souza Santos-Filho, W. Engels, M. Ramalho, W. Wilms, J.B Vicentin Aguilar, C.A. Pinheiro-Machado, D. Araújo Alves & A. Matos Peixoto Kleinert 2011. Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 11 (1a):631-655.
  • Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77.
  • Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Santos Murgas, A., R.A. Munoz Méndez, E. Medianero, M. Osorio-Arenas & R. Carranza 2012. Abejas de las orquídeas (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) en la Comarca guna de Madungandí, provincia de Panamá, Panamá. Scientia (Panamá) 22 (2):77-91.
  • Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24.
  • 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.
  • Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197.
  • Zimmermann, J.K. 1988. Age structure of male Euglossa imperialis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) at nectar and chemical sources in Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 4 (3):303-306.