Euglossa sovietica explained

Euglossa sovietica is a Euglossine bee species found in the western Brazilian Amazon. It is believed to be part of the Euglossa purpurea group.^[1]

Further reading

• Parra-H, A., and G. Nates-Parra. "The ecological basis for biogeographic classification: an example in orchid bees (Apidae: Euglossini)." Neotropical entomology 41.6 (2012): 442–449.
• Silveira, Fernando A., and Alessandra S. Alvarenga. "O acervo de abelhas da Coleção entomológica das coleções Taxonômicas da UFMG." MG BIOTA 4 (2012): 5-24.

Notes and References

1. Nemesio, Andre. "Three new species of Euglossa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Brazil." Zootaxa 1547 (2007): 21-31.