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1 July 2004 Sibling Species of Glossura and Glossuropoda in the Amazon Region (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini)
David W. Roubik
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Abstract

The Euglossa subgenus Glossuropoda is examined and males of three species described, Euglossa inflata sp. nov., a small bee apparently endemic to the Guianas, E. rugilabris stat. nov., a euglossine with proportionally the longest tongue, and E. cyanochlora stat. nov., the largest Euglossa and a sibling species to the widespread E. (G.) intersecta, endemic to Bahia, Brazil. E. (Glossuropoda) juremae is synonymized under E. hugonis, sibling to E. rugilabris, and E. (Glossuropoda) nigrosignata is given new status. In the subgenus Glossura, the male of E. piliventris is described and suggested as a sibling species to E. lugubris sp. nov., being of the eastern and western Amazon, respectively. Euglossa orellana sp. nov. and E. occidentalis sp. nov. are described, both widely misidentified as E. chalybeata, which to varying degree with that species, E. flammea, E. ignita, E. imperialis, and possibly E. iopoecila stat. nov. may be considered sibling species. Euglossa tiputini sp. nov., of the E. piliventris group, is a close mimic of E. intersecta in the western Amazon region.

David W. Roubik "Sibling Species of Glossura and Glossuropoda in the Amazon Region (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini)," Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77(3), 235-253, (1 July 2004). https://doi.org/10.2317/0308.20.1
Accepted: 1 January 2004; Published: 1 July 2004
KEYWORDS
AMAZON
Euglossa
Glossura
Glossuropoda
orchid bees
sibling species
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