Eulaema cingulata

{{Speciesbox | genus = Eulaema | species = cingulata | image = E. cingulata face.jpg | image_alt = The face of a large orchid bee faces the camera | image_caption = A pinned specimen facing the camera demonstrating the white markings on the face | authority = Fabricius (1804)<ref name="gbif">{{cite web |title=Eulaema cingulata (Fabricius, 1804) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1339350 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> }}

'''''Eulaema cingulata''''' is a large-bodied black and orange corbiculate bee in the genus ''Eulaema''. It is characterized by its size and flashy orange segments of its metastoma. Unlike other Eulaema, E. cingulata has white markings on its face. Specifically, T1 andT3 are black while T2 and T4 through T7 are cream or slightly orange in color.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hombergh |first=Heleen van den. |title=Guerreros del Golfo Dulce: industria forestal y conflicto en la Península de Osa, Costa Rica / |date=1999 |publisher=Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones |location=San José, Costa Rica|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.124155 }}</ref> These bees are easily mistaken for bumblebees (''Bombus'' spp.). However, they are actually members of the Euglossini, or orchid bees.

== Distribution == alt=A black and orange bee viewing from the top down. |thumb|A top down view of E. cingulata demonstrating the colorful bands on the metastoma and general size of the bee.

''E. cingulata'' can be found in the neotropics, extending its range from Mexico to Brazil.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Andrade |first1=Tamires de Oliveira |last2=Ramos |first2=Kelli dos Santos |last3=López-Uribe |first3=Margarita M. |last4=Branstetter |first4=Michael G. |last5=Brandão |first5=Carlos Roberto F. |date=2022-12-20 |title=Integrative approach resolves the taxonomy of Eulaema cingulata (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an important pollinator in the Neotropics |url=https://zenodo.org/records/7472360/files/JHR_article_91001.pdf |journal=Journal of Hymenoptera Research |language=en |volume=94 |pages=247–269 |doi=10.3897/jhr.94.91001 |s2cid=254970714 |issn=1314-2607|doi-access=free }}</ref> They can occur at elevations as high as 2500 m<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=McCravy |first1=Kenneth W. |last2=Dyke |first2=Joseph Van |last3=Creedy |first3=Thomas J. |last4=Roubik |first4=David W. |date=December 2016 |title=Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Cusuco National Park, State of Cortés, Honduras |journal=Florida Entomologist |language=en |volume=99 |issue=4 |pages=765–768 |doi=10.1653/024.099.0431 |s2cid=53509459 |issn=0015-4040|doi-access=free |url=https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2518&context=faculty_publications }}</ref> and persist in anthropogenically disturbed habitats.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=O'Neill |first1=Kevin M. |last2=O'Neill |first2=Ruth P. |last3=Delphia |first3=Casey M. |last4=Burkle |first4=Laura A. |last5=Runyon |first5=Justin B. |date=2023-02-20 |title=Diversity and distribution of orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Euglossini) in Belize |journal=PeerJ |language=en |volume=11 |article-number=e14928 |doi=10.7717/peerj.14928 |issn=2167-8359 |pmc=9948752 |pmid=36846459 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

== References ==

Category:Insects described in 1804 cingulata Category:Orchid pollinators Category:Hymenoptera of South America