Eufriesea | |
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Eufriesea chrysopyga | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Tribe: | Euglossini |
Genus: | Eufriesea Cockerell, 1908 |
Species | |
see text | |
Diversity | |
> 60 species | |
Synonyms | |
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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.