“…Euglossa, with 122 described species (Nemésio, 2009), is the only genus of euglossines that presents species with multifemale nests, task allocation and overlapping generations (Garófalo, 1985;Ramírez-Arriaga et al, 1996;Garófalo, 2004, 2009;Cocom Pech et al, 2008) as well as solitary and communal species (Dressler, 1982;Young, 1985;Roberts and Dodson, 1967; Corresponding author: S.C. Augusto, scaugusto@umuarama.ufu.br * Manuscript editor: Stan Schneider Garófalo et. al., 1998;Soucy et al, 2003;Otero et al, 2008).…”