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Subgenus Melissodes

Melissodes bimaculata? - Melissodes bimaculatus - female Bee on Balduina - Melissodes Melissodes bimaculatus - female Long-horned Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - male Svastra? - Melissodes comptoides Small hovering black bee - Melissodes bimaculatus M. comptoides?? - Melissodes comptoides - female Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Eucerini (Longhorn Bees)
Genus Melissodes
No Taxon Subgenus Melissodes
Explanation of Names
Author: LaBerge 1956.
Numbers
11 spp. in our area, 24 spp. worldwide/total(1)
Range
New World (BC to Brazil); in our area, all 11 spp. occur in the US and one ranges into sw. Canada (M. communis)(1)