Biology:Exaerete frontalis

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Exaerete frontalis
Exaerete frontalis, back, guyana 2014-06-18-17.19.27 ZS PMax (14441673496).jpg
Exaerete frontalis from Guyana.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Exaerete
Species:
E. frontalis
Binomial name
Exaerete frontalis
(Guérin-Méneville, 1845)

Exaerete frontalis is a kleptoparasitic species of euglossine bees.[1][2]

Description

Behavior

Exaerete frontalis is a kleptoparasitic species. Females do not build own nests but lay their egg in nests of other large euglossine bees, especially in the genera Eulaema and Eufriesea.

Distribution

Exaerete frontalis is found from Central America to central South America.[3]

References

4.Dressler, R. L. 1982. Biology of the orchid bees (Euglossini). Annual Review of Ecology and Systematiics 13: 373–394. Wikidata ☰ Q2516754 entry