Species of Euglossa (Glossura) and E. (Glossuropoda) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) occurring in the Amazon, including new records for Brazil
Author
Nemésio, André
Author
Ferrari, Rafael R.
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Zootaxa
2011
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.277598
04405854-0202-4b37-89b5-7d517ecc5400
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277598
Diversity of
Euglossa (Glossura)
Twenty-three species are now known in
Euglossa (Glossura)
and
E. (Glossuropoda)
, four of them endemic in the Atlantic Forest (
Euglossa cyanochlora
Moure, 1996
,
Euglossa iopoecila
Dressler, 1982a
,
Euglossa roubiki
Nemésio, 2009
, and
Euglossa stellfeldi
Moure, 1947
sensu
Nemésio 2009a
) and three of them endemic in Central
America
(
Euglossa asarophora
Moure, 1969
,
Euglossa flammea
Moure, 1969
, and
Euglossa nigrosignata
Moure, 1969
). The remaining sixteen species occur in northern South
America
, one of them (
Euglossa natesi
Parra-H, Ospina-
Torres & Ramírez, 2006
) only recorded from the westernmost part of the continent, west to the Andes in the Chocó region of
Colombia
and
Ecuador
(
Parra-H
et al.
2006
: 34), thus not reaching the Amazon Forest and not treated here; two of them (
Euglossa rufipes
Rasmussen & Skov, 2006
and
Euglossa tiputini
Roubik, 2004
) occurring at the westernmost part of the Amazon Basin; one (
Euglossa inflata
Roubik, 2004
) only recorded from the Guianas; and twelve species have a more widespread distribution, all of them known from the Brazilian Amazon, one of the most diverse assemblages of
Euglossa (Glossura)
(see
Table 1
). Three of these species were only recorded in the Brazilian Amazon recently:
Euglossa allosticta
Moure, 1969
, formerly known only from Central
America
(
Roubik & Hanson 2004
), was first recorded in
Brazil
by
Nemésio & Morato (2004
, 2006a, b), for the state of Acre, and subsequently was found in Roraima (
Nemésio 2005b
) and Amazonas (
Dias 2007
). The other two records,
E. lugubris
and
E. occidentalis
, are introduced in this study and discussed below.
Another species which deserves further attention is
E. orellana
Roubik, 2004
. This species was only recently described, but it is very common throughout the Amazon Basin and there has been some confusion between it and
E. chalybeata
Friese, 1925
. Specimens collected in the state of Amazonas and identified as
E. chalybeata
by
Powell & Powell (1987)
,
Becker
et al.
(1991)
,
Morato
et al.
(1992)
,
Morato (1994)
, and
Oliveira & Campos (1995
,
1996
) may belong to this species. Nevertheless, subsequent studies confirmed that both species are sympatric in the state of Amazonas (
e.g.
Dias 2007
), as well as in the state of Roraima (
e.g.
Oliveira
et al.
2010
) (see
Table 1
).
FIGURE 2.
Ventral side of mesotibia. A:
E. viridifrons
, B:
E. allosticta
, C:
E. imperialis
, D:
E. lugubris
, E:
E. piliventris
, F:
E. orellana
, G:
E. occidentalis
, H:
E. chalybeata
, I:
E. ignita
.
FIGURE 3.
Frontal view of face. A:
E. intersecta
, B:
E. inflata
, C:
E. rugilabris
, D:
E. juremae
, E:
E. tiputini
, F:
E. rufipes
, G:
E. viridifrons
, H:
E. allosticta
, I:
E. imperialis
, J:
E. lugubris
, K:
E. piliventris
, L:
E. orellana
, M:
E. occidentalis
, N:
E. chalybeata
, O:
E. ignita
.
FIGURE 4.
Metatibia. A:
E. intersecta
, B:
E. inflata
, C:
E. rugilabris
, D:
E. juremae
, E:
E. tiputini
, F:
E. rufipes
, G:
E. viridifrons
, H:
E. allosticta
, I:
E. imperialis
, J:
E. lugubris
, K:
E. piliventris
, L:
E. orellana
, M:
E. occidentalis
, N:
E. chalybeata
,
O
:
E. ignita
.