Eufriesea

Eufriesea
Eufriesea chrysopyga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Euglossini
Genus: Eufriesea
Cockerell, 1908
Species

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Diversity
> 60 species
Synonyms
  • Plusia Hoffmannsegg, 1817 (Preocc.)
  • Eumorpha Friese, 1899 (Preocc.)
  • Eufriesia Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 (Missp.)
  • Euplusia Moure, 1943

Eufriesea is a genus of euglossine bees. Like all orchid bees, they are restricted to the Neotropics.

All species range from entirely to at least partially metallic (the face and/or tegulae), though much of the body in some species may be brown/black in color and hairy.