Anchieta Navás, 1909

It is easily recognized by their bright color patterns, mimicking some members of the Hymenoptera, especially Vespidae and Meliponini bees. This genus is composed of six valid species with a distribution apparently confined to the Amazon basin. Prior to this study, Anchieta was only known from Brazil and French Guiana (Penny & da Costa 1983; Ohl 2004). Two species, A. eurydella and A. remipes, are now known from Colombia.

Knowledge on the biology of this genus is quite poor. A single study in southeastern Brazil, reported an association between A. fumosella Westwood and the solitary wasp Tripoxilum (Tripargylum) aestivale Richards (Crabronidae) (Buys 2008).