Research Article

Population Traits and a Female Perspective for Aglae and Exaerete, Tropical Bee Parasites (Hymenoptera, Apinae: Euglossini)

Table 1

Size in male and female parasitic euglossines, Aglae and Exaerete. Sample areas were Brazil, Panama, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Mexico, Trinidad, Venezuela and Colombia. Males given first in Table cells.

Male and Female traitsE. aztecaE. dentataE. lepeletieriE. smaragdinaE. frontalisE. trochantericaA. caerulea

Mean Length (mm)15.6, n = 4; N/A17.4, n = 7; 17.8, n = 1717.5, n = 65; 19.2, n = 318.3, n = 212; 20.1, n = 1522.8, n = 140; 25.2, n = 823.4, n = 10; 22.3, n = 121.9, n = 34; 22.6, n = 6

Mode Length (mm)16.2; N/A17.1; 18.717.2; 19.217.2; 20.323.4; 25.023.4; 22.322.6; 25.0

Length Range (mm)15.6—19.0; N/A16—19; 12.5—20.315.6—21.8; 17.1—21.814.0—21.8; 14.0—21.815.6—28.1; 21.8—28.123.4—26.015.6—26.5; 18.7—25.0