Euglossini

Euglossini
female Euglossa (carrying pollen)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Clade: Corbiculata
Tribe: Euglossini
Latreille, 1802
Genera

Aglae
Euglossa
Eulaema
Eufriesea
Exaerete

Diversity
c. 200 species

The tribe Euglossini, in the subfamily Apinae, commonly known as orchid bees or euglossine bees, are the only group of corbiculate bees whose non-parasitic members do not all possess eusocial behavior.

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