A Checklist of the Orchid Bees of Nicaragua (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini)

Hinojosa-Díaz, Ismael A.; Engel, Michael S.

doi:10.2317/jkes111226.1

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“…Hinojosa-Díaz (2008), when discussing the male genitalic morphology across Euglossa , gave an account of features that further contributed to the cohesiveness of Euglossella as a subgenus. Recent phylogenetic analyses based both on external morphology (Hinojosa-Díaz 2010, in prep.) and molecular data (Ramírez et al 2010), situate Euglossella as a monophylelic entity sister to all other Euglossa sensu lato , either alone (morphology) or in a clade together with the subgenus Dasystilbe (molecular).…”

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Revision of the orchid bee subgenus Euglossella (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Part I, The decorata species group

Hinojosa-Díaz

Engel²

2011

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Euglossella, one of the most distinctive subgenera of orchid bees of the genus Euglossa, is composed of two characteristic assemblages of species, one of them comprising bees bearing the strongly metallic integument trademark of the genus (viridis species group), and the other consisting of bees with a brown integument shaded with metallic iridescence (decorata species group). Here we provide the first of two parts of a revision of Euglossella, providing diagnostic definitions for the subgenus, the decorata species group, and all the species included therein. Six species are included in the decorata group, one new: Euglossa (Euglossella) aurantia, sp. n.; Euglossa (Euglossella) apiformis Schrottky, resurrected status; Euglossa (Euglossella) decorata Smith, revised status; Euglossa (Euglossella) singularis Mocsáry, revised status; Euglossa (Euglossella) cosmodora Hinojosa-Díaz and Engel; and Euglossa (Euglossella) perpulchra Moure and Schlindwein. Euglossa meliponoides Ducke and Euglossa urarina Hinojosa-Díaz and Engel are newly synonymized under Euglossa decorata, Euglossa decorata ruficauda Cockerell is synonymized under Euglossa singularis, and a neotype is designated for Euglossa apiformis.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Revision of the orchid bee subgenus Euglossella (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Part I, The decorata species group

Hinojosa-Díaz

Engel²

2011

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“…All three species are closely related to species until recently placed in the paraphyletic subgenus Glossurella Dressler (Ramírez et al 2010; Hinojosa-Díaz 2010, in prep.) and here left as incertae sedis (as suggested by Hinojosa-Díaz and Engel 2011b; Hinojosa-Díaz et al 2012).…”

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Three new cryptic species of Euglossa from Brazil (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Engel¹

2012

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Three new species of orchid bees are described and figured from the Amazon and Atlantic forests of Brazil. Euglossa clausi sp. n., Euglossa moratoi sp. n., and Euglossa pepei sp. n. are distinguished from their close congeners Euglossa crassipunctata Moure, Euglossa parvula Dressler, and Euglossa sapphirina Moure, previously placed in the subgenus Euglossa (Glossurella) Dressler, 1982, a demonstrably paraphyletic assemblage requiring serious reconsideration. Their affinities with related species are discussed and pertinent characters are figured.

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“…When Dressler (1982b) originally erected the subgenus, he included a variety of species that share some biological (nesting) and external morphological features. However, currently available phylogenetic information based both on external morphology (Hinojosa-Díaz 2010) and molecular data (Ramírez et al 2010) indicate that the group as envisioned by Dressler (1982b) is not supported as monophyletic. Since the type species for Glossurella is Euglossa bursigera we tentatively restrict the use of this subgeneric name herein for those species allied to it.…”

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