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Family Melittidae - Melittid Bees

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 Melittidae - Melittid Bees

Subfamily Dasypodainae
Tribe Hesperapini
Genus Hesperapis
No Taxon Subgenus Amblyapis
Species larreae - Creosote Evening Bee
No Taxon Subgenus Carinapis
No Taxon Resembles fulvipes
Species oraria - Hesperapis oraria
No Taxon Subgenus Panurgomia
Species regularis - Hesperapis regularis
Species fuchsi - Hesperapis fuchsi
No Taxon Subgenus Xeralictoides
No Taxon Subgenus Zacesta
Species rufipes - Hesperapis rufipes
No Taxon undescribed species oligolectic on Sphaeralcea
Subfamily Melittinae
Tribe Melittini
Genus Melitta
Species eickworti - Melitta eickworti
Tribe Macropidini
Genus Macropis
Species nuda - Macropis nuda


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