Species info
Classification > Subfamily Apinae > Tribe Euglossini > Genus Exaerete
Exaerete dentata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Male in lateral view (Photo: L Alvarez)
Male in lateral view (Photo: L Alvarez)
Male in lateral view (Photo: L Alvarez)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Other distribution
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela
 
Synonyms
  • Chrysantheda nitida Perty, 1833
  • Chrysantheda appendiculata Romand, 1849
  • Chrysantheda subcornuta Romand, 1849
Observations
Cited for northern Argentinan (Kimsey, 1979)
References
  • LINNAEUS, C. 1758. Systema Naturae [.]. Salvii: Stockholm 10th Edn Vol. 1 824 pp.
  • KIMSEY, L. S. 1979. An illustrated key to the genus Exaerete with descriptions of male genitalia and biology (Hymenoptera: Euglossini, Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 52 (4): 735-746
  • NEMÉSIO, A. 2009. Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Zootaxa 2041: 1-242
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