Biology:Exaerete frontalis
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Short description: Species of bee
| Exaerete frontalis | |
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| Exaerete frontalis from Guyana. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Exaerete |
| Species: | E. frontalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Exaerete frontalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)
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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
- ↑ "Species details : Exaerete frontalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)". 2015. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2015/details/species/id/2cbe65e0648f8749a94eb5e2f6d30e76.
- ↑ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2015. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.
- ↑ "Map of Exaerete frontalis". Polistes Foundation, Inc.. http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Exaerete+frontalis.
4.Dressler, R. L. 1982. Biology of the orchid bees (Euglossini). Annual Review of Ecology and Systematiics 13: 373–394. Wikidata ☰ Q2516754 entry
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