Manuelia

Manuelia
Manuelia postica, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Tribe:	Manueliini Sakagami & Michener, 1987
Genus:	Manuelia Vachal, 1905
Species
3, see text

3, see text

Manuelia is a genus of bees in the subfamily Xylocopinae, the only genus in the tribe Manueliini. There are three species.

This tribe is relictual. Today it is limited to Chile and Argentina.

These are small, slender bees measuring up to 8.5 millimeters long. They may be metallic blue or matte black, sometimes with reddish parts on the abdomen. Because Manuelia species are so distinct from each other, the genus is divided into two subgenera.

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