First record of Exaerete lepeletieri Oliveira & Nemésio (Hymenoptera: apidae: Euglossina) in Venezuela and comments on the distribution of Eufriesea laniventris (Ducke) in the Amazon

Exaerete lepeletieri Oliveira & Nemésio (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina), a cleptoparasitic species recently described from the Brazilian Amazon, is recorded for the first time outside Brazil, through a female specimen collected in Merida Province, Venezuela.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: André Nemésio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2011-05-01
Series:Bioscience Journal
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Online Access:https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/11588
Description
Summary:Exaerete lepeletieri Oliveira & Nemésio (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina), a cleptoparasitic species recently described from the Brazilian Amazon, is recorded for the first time outside Brazil, through a female specimen collected in Merida Province, Venezuela.
ISSN:1981-3163