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Eufriesea coerulescens (Lepeletier, 1841)

Euglossa cœrulescens Lepeletier, 1841:11, ♂. ♂, Patrie inconnue (Musée de France); Kimsey & Dressler, 1986Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.:230, Holotype ♂ (Paris); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:20, Lectotype ♂ (MNHN); Gonzalez et al., 2017Gonzalez, V.H., T. Griswold & M. Simões 2017. On the identity of the adventive species of Eufriesea Cockerell in the USA: systematics and potential distribution of the coerulescens species group (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 55:55-101.:70, Lectotype ♂ (MNHN). - 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.:312 ( listed as synonym of Euglossa violacea Blanchard, 1840); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); Friese, 1899Friese, H. 1899. Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 22:117-172. (distribution); Friese, 1916Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348. (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). - As Eufriesea caerulescens: - Ayala, 1988Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493. (distribution); Estrada de Léon & Ayala Barajas, 1995Estrada de Léon, M. & R. Ayala Barajas 1995. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Sierra del Tigre, Jalisco. Apicultura Moderna 7:12-24. (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); Ruíz-Cancino & Coronado-Blanco, 2002Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376. (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); Ayala & Engel, 2008Ayala, R. & M.S. Engel 2008. A new species of Eufriesea from Jalisco, México, with a key to Mexican species of the genus. Beiträge zur Entomologie 58 (2):227-237. (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); 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). - As Eufriesea coerulescens: - Gonzalez et al., 2017Gonzalez, V.H., T. Griswold & M. Simões 2017. On the identity of the adventive species of Eufriesea Cockerell in the USA: systematics and potential distribution of the coerulescens species group (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 55:55-101. (distribution). - As Euglossa caerulescens: - Friese, 1923Friese, H. 1923. Über einige neue Euglossa-Arten. Konowia 2:24-28. (distribution).
Euplusia simillima Moure & Michener in Moure, in Moure, 1965:275, ♂♀. Holotype ♂, Maguarichic, Chihuahua, Mexico, July 13, 1960 (Snow Entomological Museum, The University of Kansas, leg. S.L. Wood, J.B. Karren); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:20, Holotype ♂ (SEMC); Gonzalez et al., 2017Gonzalez, V.H., T. Griswold & M. Simões 2017. On the identity of the adventive species of Eufriesea Cockerell in the USA: systematics and potential distribution of the coerulescens species group (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 55:55-101.:80, Holotype ♂ (SEMC). - 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.:115 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea caerulescens (Lepeletier, 1841)); Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011Nemésio, A. & C. Rasmussen 2011. Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue. Zootaxa 3006:1-42.:20 ( listed as synonym of Eufriesea coerulescens (Lepeletier, 1841)). - As Eufriesea simillima: - 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).

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Area distribution map

map of Eufriesea coerulescens (Lepeletier, 1841)

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Friese, 1899; Friese, 1916; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
CRICosta Rica
 (Friese, 1916; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Friese, 1923)
GTMGuatemala
 (Ramírez et al., 2002 assumed present; García et al., 2023)
HNDHonduras
 (Ramírez et al., 2002; Ayala & Engel, 2008; McCravy et al., 2016)
MEXMexico
 (Cresson, 1879; Cockerell, 1899; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Kimsey & Dressler, 1986; Ramírez et al., 2002; Ayala & Engel, 2008; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011; Gonzalez et al., 2017; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022 [as Eufriesea simillima (Moure & Michener in Moure, 1965)])
MEX-CdZMexico - Coahuila
 (Gonzalez et al., 2017)
MEX-ChiMexico - Chihuahua
 (Moure, 1965 [as Euplusia simillima Moure & Michener in Moure, in Moure, 1965]; Nemésio & Rasmussen, 2011 [as Euplusia simillima Moure & Michener in Moure, in Moure, 1965]; Gonzalez et al., 2017 [as Euplusia simillima Moure & Michener in Moure, in Moure, 1965]; Gonzalez et al., 2017)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Sagot et al., 2018)
MEX-DurMexico - Durango
 (Gonzalez et al., 2017)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-HidMexico - Hidalgo
 (Gonzalez et al., 2017)
MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
 (Ayala, 1988; Estrada de Léon & Ayala Barajas, 1995; Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-MdOMexico - Michoacán
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-NuLMexico - Nuevo León
 (Ruíz-Cancino & Coronado-Blanco, 2002; Gonzalez et al., 2017)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-QdAMexico - Querétaro
 (Gonzalez et al., 2017)
MEX-SLPMexico - San Luis Potosi
 (Gonzalez et al., 2017)
MEX-TamMexico - Tamaulipas
 (Gonzalez et al., 2017)
SLVEl Salvador
 (Ramírez et al., 2002 assumed present)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Gonzalez et al., 2017)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Gonzalez et al., 2017)

Literature

  • Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493.
  • Ayala, R. & M.S. Engel 2008. A new species of Eufriesea from Jalisco, México, with a key to Mexican species of the genus. Beiträge zur Entomologie 58 (2):227-237.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 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.
  • Estrada de Léon, M. & R. Ayala Barajas 1995. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Sierra del Tigre, Jalisco. Apicultura Moderna 7:12-24.
  • Friese, H. 1899. Monographie der Bienengattung Euglossa Latr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 22:117-172.
  • Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348.
  • Friese, H. 1923. Über einige neue Euglossa-Arten. Konowia 2:24-28.
  • 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., T. Griswold & M. Simões 2017. On the identity of the adventive species of Eufriesea Cockerell in the USA: systematics and potential distribution of the coerulescens species group (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 55:55-101.
  • Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 62 (3):229-236.
  • Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1841. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 2. Paris.
  • 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.
  • Moure, J.S. 1965. Some new species of euglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 38 (3):266-277.
  • 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.
  • Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376.
  • 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.
  • 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.