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Exaerete trochanterica

Exaerete trochanterica

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Apidae

Exaerete is a genus of euglossine bees found from Mexico to northern Argentina. Like all orchid bees, they are restricted to the Neotropics. All but one species is metallic green, and they are cleptoparasites in the nests of other euglossines in the genera Eufriesea and Eulaema.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog