Subfamily Nomadinae - Cuckoo Bees

Classification · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Those difficult Nomadinae - Nomada - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)

Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)

Subfamily Nomadinae (Cuckoo Bees)

Identification

They are usually wasp-like in appearance and lack a pollen-transporting apparatus.

Range

Discover Life Global map of genera occurring in the United States and Canada

Remarks

All the bees in this group are parasites in the nests of other bees.

They enter the nests of their hosts when the host is absent and lay their eggs into the wall of the cell.

Print References

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Internet References

Wikipedia

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

2.	A Field Guide to Insects By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson

Contributed by Joel Kits on 16 April, 2005 - 8:43pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher
Last updated 15 April, 2007 - 9:35pm

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