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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Cemolobus
Genus
Cemolobus
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
Cemolobus
Numbers
monotypic genus
(
1
)
Identification
The bottom of the clypeus
is wavy with three distinct "bumps"
(
2
)
Range
NA (US & Mexico) (
map
)
(
1
)
Found only east of the Great Plains
(
2
)
Food
Ipomoea (morning glory flowers)
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.
The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees.
Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia J. Messinger Carril. 2015. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by
John S. Ascher
on 16 March, 2011 - 12:11pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
,
Marci Hess
,
PaleoJon
Last updated 21 May, 2021 - 4:04am