Exaerete frontalis

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Exaerete frontalis
Exaerete frontalis from Guyana.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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[edit]

Behavior[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Species details : Exaerete frontalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)". Catalogue of Life. 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Map of Exaerete frontalis". Discover Life. Polistes Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

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