Eulaema

Eulaema
Eulaema cingulata specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Euglossini
Genus: Eulaema
Lepeletier, 1841
Diversity
c. 25 species
Two large black and orange bees hover around a white flower.
Two Eulaema sp. visiting Spathiphyllum sp. plant.

Eulaema is a genus of large-bodied euglossine bees that occur primarily in the Neotropics.[1][2] They are robust brown or black bees, hairy or velvety, and often striped with yellow or orange, typically resembling bumblebees. They lack metallic coloration as occurs in the related genus Eufriesea.[3]

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