Chlerogella
Biology:
Melastomataceae: Clidemia crenulata Gleason (C. clidemiae Engel); Orchidaceae: Phragmopedium longifolium (Warsz. & Rchb.f.) Rolfe (Orchidaceae) (Chlerogella sp., identification of bee has not been confi rmed as the material upon which the determination was made is unknown); Rubiaceae: Psychotria pongoana Standl. (C. hypermeces).
Distribution:
The genus is distributed in the Andean region from Bolivia, through Perú and Ecuador, into Colombia, from there across to Venezuela, and northward into Central America as far North as Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.