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Euglossinae (orchid bee)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Taxonomy
Euglossae was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.
It was corrected as Euglossinae by Poinar (1998); it was reranked as the tribe Euglossini by Winston and Michener (1977), Engel (2001), Cardinal and Packer (2007) and Engel et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Apiariae by Latreille (1802); to Bombinae by Winston and Michener (1977); to Apidae by Poinar (1998); to Corbiculata by Cardinal and Packer (2007); and to Apinae by Engel (2001) and Engel et al. (2012).
It was corrected as Euglossinae by Poinar (1998); it was reranked as the tribe Euglossini by Winston and Michener (1977), Engel (2001), Cardinal and Packer (2007) and Engel et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Apiariae by Latreille (1802); to Bombinae by Winston and Michener (1977); to Apidae by Poinar (1998); to Corbiculata by Cardinal and Packer (2007); and to Apinae by Engel (2001) and Engel et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1802 | Euglossae Latreille p. 384 |
| 1977 | Euglossini Winston and Michener p. 1136 |
| 1998 | Euglossinae Poinar |
| 2001 | Euglossini Engel |
| 2007 | Euglossini Cardinal and Packer |
| 2012 | Euglossini Engel et al. |
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Subfm. Euglossinae Latreille 1802 [orchid bee]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available