- Source: Exaerete frontalis
Exaerete frontalis is a kleptoparasitic species of euglossine bees.
Description
Behavior
Exaerete frontalis is a kleptoparasitic species. Females do not build own nests but lay their egg in nests of other large euglossine bees, especially in the genera Eulaema and Eufriesea.
Distribution
Exaerete frontalis is found from Central America to central South America.
References
4.Dressler, R. L. 1982. Biology of the orchid bees (Euglossini). Annual Review of Ecology and Systematiics 13: 373–394.
