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    Eulaema is a genus of large-bodied euglossine bees that occur primarily in the Neotropics. They are robust brown or black bees, hairy or velvety, and...
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    Eulaema meriana is a large-bodied bee species in the tribe Euglossini, otherwise known as the orchid bees. The species is a solitary bee and is native...
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    bee have been proposed including Euglossa species, Eulaema cingulata, Eulaema polychroma, Eulaema meriana, and Melipona beecheii for pollination. However...
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    are about 200 described species, distributed in five genera: Euglossa, Eulaema, Eufriesea, Exaerete and the monotypic Aglae. All species occur in South...
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    Eulaema cingulata is a large-bodied black and orange corbiculate bee in the genus Eulaema. It is characterized by its size and flashy orange segments...
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    Eulaema nigrita is a species of large-bodied bee in the tribe Euglossini, the orchid bees. It is commonly known as the black orchid bee. It is found from...
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    Eulaema mocsaryi is a species of large-bodied bee in the tribe Euglossini, the orchid bees. It was named in honour of the Hungarian entomologist Alexander...
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    bee, Eulaema meriana, visiting Vanilla grandiflora in Peru, and pollinia of Vanilla species have been observed attached to other species of Eulaema in Panama...
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    The species of Eulaema (Eulaema) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) from eastern Brazil, with description of Eulaema quadragintanovem...
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    forests lack the large-bodied bees of the genera Bombus, Centris, Epicharis, Eulaema, and Xylocopa, which are the only ones capable of pollinating the tree's...
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    Guiana). The fragrant plant is pollinated by the typical Euglossini bees (an Eulaema species) These bees are part of what is probably the most complicated pollination...
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    females the power of mate choice. Similar behaviour is also observed in the Eulaema meriana orchid bee. Males in this species of bee show alternative behaviours...
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    egg in nests of other large euglossine bees, especially in the genera Eulaema and Eufriesea. Exaerete frontalis is found from Central America to central...
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    pheromonal attractants. Males of such species as Euglossa imperialis or Eulaema meriana have been observed to leave their territories periodically to forage...
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    pollinators definitively documented to date are orchid bees in the genus Eulaema and the Western honey bee. All commercial vanilla production takes place...
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    doubtful). These orchids are insect pollinated by male bees in the genus Eulaema or Eufriesia. Some regard these as being among of the most splendid looking...
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    Eufriesea, Eulaema, and Exaerete Known host species: Eufriesea dentilabris Eufriesea violacea Eulaema cingulata Eulaema helvola Eulaema meriana Eulaema mocsaryi...
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    cleptoparasites in the nests of other euglossines in the genera Eufriesea and Eulaema. It contains the following species: Exaerete azteca Moure, 1964 Exaerete...
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    for pollination; a study found that males of a medium-sized orchid bee, Eulaema cingulata, remove and transfer pollen of V. pompona in Peru, apparently...
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    Euglossini. A. caerulea lays its eggs in the nests of Eulaema nigrita, and possibly other Eulaema species. Among other substances, males of this species...
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  • scutellum and a facial mystax. They are mimics of the large bees of the genus Eulaema. They are native to the Neotropics. There are two species described in...
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  • Eublemma flavescens, an owlet moth Eucalyptus flavescens, a flowering plant Eulaema flavescens, a euglossine bee Eumecynostomum flavescens, an acoelomorph...
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  • "The species of Eulaema (Eulaema) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) from eastern Brazil, with description of Eulaema quadragintanovem...
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    These solitary bees do not build nests, as they are kleptoparasites of Eulaema nigrita and Eufriesea surinamensis. Usually they wait for the host bees...
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    A genus of mantises has been named Sibylla.: 88  Also the orchid bee Eulaema meriana. The bird-eating spider Avicularia merianae was named in her honour...
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    relies on host workers of various other Bombus species. Similarly, in Eulaema meriana, some Leucospidae wasps exploit the brood cells and nest for shelter...
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    Bennett, Fred (1972). "Observations on Exaerete spp. and their hosts Eulaema terminata and Euplusia surinamensis (Hymen., Apidae, Euglossinae) in Trinidad"...
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    pollinator preventing pollination from occurring. For example, in the bee Eulaema cingulata, pollen from Catasetum discolor and C. saccatum is attached to...
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    compounds. Van der Pijl and Dodson (1966) observed that bees of the genera Eulaema and Xylocopa exhibit symptoms of inebriation after consuming nectar from...
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    bees). There are five genera of Euglossini: Algae, Exaerete, Eufriesa, Eulaema, and Euglossa. Euglossa cordata is a small short-tongued species. Females...
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