Aglae
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Aglae Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 |
| Species: | A. caerulea
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| Binomial name | |
| Aglae caerulea Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
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Aglaeis agenusofeuglossinebees,with the only described speciesAglae caerulea.Like allorchid bees,it is restricted to theNeotropics.They are metallic blue. This species, like the genusExaerete,is a nest parasite on free-living Euglossini.A. caerulealays its eggs in the nests ofEulaema nigrita,and possibly otherEulaemaspecies.
Among other substances, males of this species are attracted bymethyl cinnamatebaits.[1]
Name
[edit]TheAncient Greek,Αγλαιηmeans "beauty". The original 1825 publication describing the species spelled the epithet as "cœrulea"(for" blue "), which nearly all subsequent authors misspelled ascaerulearather thancoerulea,but under Article 33.3.1 of theICZN,thecaeruleaspelling must be maintained.[note 1]
Distribution
[edit]A. caeruleawas thought to occur only in theAmazon basin,in the rainforests of northernBolivia,westernColombia,Ecuador,French Guiana,Guyana,Peru,Venezuela,Suriname,andPanama.However, the record from Panama is doubtful. Recent studies have extended the range by about 2,400 km southwards, when specimens were found in the National ParkChapada dos Guimarães,Mato Grosso,Brazil.[2]
References
[edit]- ^Martins, D. C.; Albuquerque, P. M. C.; Silva, F. S.; Rebêlo, J. M. M. (2015-04-24)."First record of Aglae caerulea (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini) in Brazilian Cerrado east of the Amazon Region, Maranhão State, Brazil".Brazilian Journal of Biology.76(2): 554–556.doi:10.1590/1519-6984.06415.PMID26959953.
- ^dos Anjos-Silva, Evandson J.; Camillo, Evandro & Garófalo, Carlos A.(2006): Occurrence ofAglae caeruleaLepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in the Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso State, Brazil.Neotrop. Entomol.35(6)doi:10.1590/S1519-566X2006000600024
- Williams, Norris H. & Whitten, W. Mark(1983): Orchid floral fragrances and male euglossine bees: methods and advances in the last sesquidecade.Biol. Bull.164:355–395.
- "Aglae".Integrated Taxonomic Information System.Retrieved12 June2008.
Notes
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Cameron, Sydney A.(2004): Phylogeny and Biology of Neotropical Orchid Bees (Euglossini).Annual Review of Entomology49:377–404.doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.49.072103.115855
External links
[edit]- David Roubik (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute):Diagnostic photographs ofAglae caerulea