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Table I
Number of Neotropical bee species by country. Numbers in brackets are the estimated total number of species using the equation: y = 0.2889x + 1.2108; r2 = 0.984, where y = estimated total number of species.
| Country | Total | Andreninae | Apinae | Colletinae | Halictinae | Megachilinae | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anguilla | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Argentina | 1021 [1183] | 106 | 385 | 139 | 104 | 287 | |
| Bahamas | 20 [256] | – | 6 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |
| Barbados | 9 | – | 5 | – | – | 4 | |
| Belize | 30 [296] | – | 26 | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Bermuda | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Bolivia | 487 [904] | 1 | 248 | 52 | 75 | 111 | |
| Brazil | 1678 [1633] | 82 | 913 | 104 | 251 | 328 | |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Chile | 409 [812] | 60 | 83 | 142 | 57 | 67 | |
| Colombia | 398 [914] | 9 | 262 | 23 | 64 | 40 | |
| Costa Rica | 416 [372] | – | 253 | 21 | 86 | 56 | |
| Cuba | 82 [466] | – | 36 | 6 | 23 | 17 | |
| Dominica | 16 | – | 9 | – | 3 | 4 | |
| Dominican Republic | 27 [367] | – | 10 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| Ecuador | 305 [611] | – | 194 | 22 | 46 | 43 | |
| El Salvador | 59 [288] | – | 42 | 2 | 10 | 5 | |
| French Guiana | 163 [439] | - | 135 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |
| Grenada | 11 | – | 8 | – | 2 | 1 | |
| Guadeloupe | 11 | – | 9 | – | – | 2 | |
| Guatemala | 216 [464] | 4 | 142 | 13 | 34 | 23 | |
| Guyana | 220 [564] | – | 160 | 7 | 27 | 26 | |
| Haiti | 27 [312] | – | 15 | – | 8 | 4 | |
| Honduras | 175 [468] | 10 | 116 | 6 | 19 | 24 | |
| Jamaica | 52 [239] | – | 24 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |
| Martinique | 5 | – | 3 | – | – | 2 | |
| Mexico Neotropical | 916 | 167 | 400 | 63 | 131 | 155 | |
| México whole country* | 1800 | ||||||
| Montserrat | 8 | – | 6 | – | – | 2 | |
| Nicaragua | 52 [488] | 2 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Panama | 390 [417] | 4 | 249 | 18 | 74 | 45 | |
| Paraguay | 478 [679] | 24 | 208 | 42 | 87 | 117 | |
| Peru | 592 [946] | 5 | 319 | 60 | 122 | 86 | |
| Puerto Rico | 29 [225] | – | 12 | – | 10 | 7 | |
| Saba & Sint Eustatius | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Saint Kitts and Neves Islands | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Saint Martin & St. Barthelemy | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 37 | – | 15 | 1 | 16 | 5 | |
| Suriname | 85 [522] | – | 80 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 77 [192] | – | 57 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Uruguay | 74 [532] | 4 | 41 | 3 | 15 | 11 | |
| Venezuela | 232 [857] | 1 | 185 | 15 | 25 | 6 | |
| Virgin Islands | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |