''Eufriesea'' is a

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s. Like all

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s, they are restricted to the

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. All species range from entirely to at least partially metallic (the face and/or tegulae), though much of the body in some species may be brown/black in color and hairy.

Distribution

''Eufriesea'' have been found from

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to central

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.Gonzalez VH, Griswold T, Simões M (2017) On the identity of the adventive species of ''Eufriesea'' Cockerell in the USA: systematics and potential distribution of the ''coerulescens'' species group (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 55: 55-102. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.55.12209

''E. purpurata''

At least one species in this genus, ''

Eufriesea purpurata ''Eufriesea purpurata'' is a species of Eusociality, eusocial Euglossini, orchid bee common in northeastern South America, particularly in the Amazon basin. It is an important pollinator of various wild plants, and it is noted for its attractio ...

'' from

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, has been shown to deliberately collect large quantities of the

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without any apparent adverse effects. Individual bees were observed to collect as much as 2 mg, which is equivalent to several percent of the bee's weight. Bees were observed to return to the walls of houses that had been recently sprayed with DDT and to collect the dried insecticide. The males of orchid bees are known to collect aromatic fragrances from certain kinds of

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s, and it is thought that they use these in territorial display and courtship, probably as precursors of their own

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. Some orchid bees have also been found to collect fragrances from rotten wood. Eufriesea coerulescens 217633670

Name

The genus is named after

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Heinrich Friese Heinrich Friedrich August Karl Ludwig Friese (4 May 1860, Schwerin – 8 September 1948, Schwerin) was a German biologist and entomologist, a specialist of bees (melittology, melittologist).

Species

* '' E. aeniventris'' ( Mocsáry, 1896) * '' E. andina'' (Friese, 1925) * '' E. anisochlora'' (Kimsey, 1977) * '' E. atlantica'' Nemésio, 2008 * '' E. auriceps'' (

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, 1899) * '' E. auripes'' (Gribodo, 1882) * '' E. bare'' González & Gaiani, 1989 * '' E. barthelli'' Gonzalez & Griswold 2017 * '' E. boharti'' (Kimsey, 1977) * '' E. brasilianorum'' (Friese, 1899) * '' E. buchwaldi'' (Friese, 1923) * '' E. caerulescens'' ( Lepeletier, 1841) * '' E. chaconi'' González & Gaiani, 1989 * '' E. chalybaea'' (Friese, 1923) * '' E. chrysopyga'' (Mocsáry, 1898) * '' E. combinata'' (Mocsáry, 1897) * '' E. concava'' (Friese, 1899) * '' E. convexa'' (Friese, 1899) * '' E. corusca'' (Kimsey, 1977) * '' E. dentilabris'' (Mocsáry, 1897) * '' E. distinguenda'' (Gribodo, 1882) * '' E. dressleri'' (Kimsey, 1977) * '' E. duckei'' (Friese, 1923) * '' E. eburneocincta'' (Kimsey, 1977) * '' E. elegans'' ( Lepeletier, 1841) * '' E. engeli'' Gonzalez & Griswold 2017 * '' E. excellens'' (Friese, 1925) * '' E. fallax'' (

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, 1854) * '' E. flaviventris'' (Friese, 1899) * '' E. formosa'' (Mocsáry, 1908) * '' E. fragrocara'' (Kimsey, 1977) * '' E. heideri'' Nemésio & Bembé, 2008 * '' E. insularis'' Ayala et al., 2022 * '' E. kimimari'' González & Gaiani, 1989 * '' E. laniventris'' (Ducke, 1902) * '' E. limbata'' (Mocsáry, 1897) * '' E. lucida'' (Kimsey, 1977) * '' E. lucifera'' Kimsey, 1977 * '' E. macroglossa'' (Moure, 1965) * '' E. magrettii'' (Friese, 1899) * '' E. mariana'' (Mocsáry, 1896) * '' E. mexicana'' (Mocsáry, 1897) * '' E. micheneri'' (Ayala & Engel, 2008) * '' E. mussitans'' (

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, 1787) * '' E. nigrescens'' (Friese, 1925) * '' E. nigrohirta'' (Friese, 1899) * '' E. oliveri'' Gonzalez & Griswold 2017 * '' E. opulenta'' (Mocsáry, 1908) * '' E. ornata'' (Mocsáry, 1896) * '' E. pallida'' (Kimsey, 1977) * '' E. pretiosa'' (Friese, 1903) * '' E. pulchra'' (Smith, 1854) * '' E. purpurata'' (Mocsáry, 1896) * '' E. pyrrhopyga'' Faria & Melo 2011 * '' E. rufocauda'' (Kimsey, 1977) * '' E. rugosa'' (Friese, 1899) * '' E. schmidtiana'' (Friese, 1925) * '' E. simillima'' (Moure & Michener, 1965) * '' E. superba'' ( Hoffmannsegg, 1817) * '' E. surinamensis'' (

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) * '' E. theresiae'' (Mocsáry, 1908) * '' E. velutina'' (Moure, 1999) * '' E. venezolana'' (Schrottky, 1913) * '' E. venusta'' (Moure, 1965) * '' E. vidua'' (Moure, 1976) * '' E. violacea'' (

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, 1840) * '' E. violascens'' (Mocsáry, 1898) * '' E. zhangi'' Nemésio, Júnior and Santos, 2013

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''E. purpurata''

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