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

Table 2

Diagnostic traits for species identification with the microscope. Sampling area as in Table 1.

Trait	E. azteca	E. dentata	E. lepeletieri	E. smaragdina	E. frontalis	E. trochanterica	A. caerulea
frontal knob		+	+	+	++
internal meta-femoral knob					++
external meta-femoral knob	++	++				++
scutellar smooth area			+	++	+	+-
scutellar trough	+	++				++
scutellar median welt			+	+	+
slender hind tibia						+	+
bluish color throughout	Blue green to purple	Green to bluish purple					++
also in female