Exaerete is a genus of euglossine bees found from Mexico to northern Argentina. Like all orchid bees, they are restricted to the Neotropics. All but one species is metallic green, and they are cleptoparasites in the nests of other euglossines in the genera Eufriesea and Eulaema. It contains the following species:
- Exaerete azteca <small>Moure, 1964</small>
- Exaerete dentata <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Exaerete fallaciosa <small>Engel, 2018</small>
- Exaerete frontalis <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1845)</small>
- Exaerete kimseyae <small>Oliviera, 2011</small>
- Exaerete lepeletieri <Small>Oliviera & Nemesio, 2003</small>
- Exaerete salsai <small>Nemesio, 2011</small>
- Exaerete smaragdina <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1845)</small>
- Exaerete tricosa <small>Engel & Bembé, 2020</small>
- Exaerete trochanterica <small>(Friese, 1900)</small>
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