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Subgenus Melissodes, Nominate Melissodes Bees

Which bee is this, please? - Melissodes bimaculatus Melissodes bimaculata? - Melissodes bimaculatus - female Bee with yellow face - Melissodes bimaculatus - male bee 33 - Melissodes paroselae bee - Melissodes comptoides bee - Melissodes communis - female Carpenter-mimic leaf-cutter bee? on Zinnia - Melissodes bimaculatus - female 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 (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Long-horned, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Eucerini (Long-horned Bees)
Genus Melissodes
No Taxon Subgenus Melissodes, Nominate Melissodes Bees
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)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2016) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 19 March, 2008 - 1:53pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, v belov
Last updated 12 January, 2014 - 9:34am

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