A missing piece in the puzzle: the presence of Euglossa viridissima in the Baja California Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

By

Falcón Brindis, Armando
Ayala, Ricardo
Jiménez, María Luisa
Hinojosa-Diaz, Ismael

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

726

Pages

15-23

Subjects

Biogeography , Cape Region , Neotropics , Oases , Orchid bees

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.726.19876

 

Abstract

Orchid bees are a conspicuous component of the neotropical bee fauna, with a few species reaching the northernmost natural distribution for the group in northwestern continental Mexico. Among them, Euglossa viridissima Friese is here reported for the first time in the Cape Region of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico, where no species of the group have been found previously. These records are presented, their biogeographical implications discussed, and some interpretations of the local factors that influence the bees is presented.