Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Brachymelecta

white striped bee - Brachymelecta californica - male white striped bee - Brachymelecta californica - male Black & White Bee - Brachymelecta californica Bee or Fly on Bird of Paradise - Brachymelecta californica - male Megachilid? - Brachymelecta californica - female Vail cuckoo bee - Brachymelecta larreae Brachymelecta larreae - male Brachymelecta californica
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 Melectini (Mourning Bees)
Genus Brachymelecta
Explanation of Names
Brachymelecta Linsley 1939
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, 6 spp. total(1)
also see here
Range
mostly nearctic (w. US) + some in Mexico & West Indies (map)(1)