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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Megachilinae » Anthidiini » Stelis

Genus Stelis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Life Cycle · Internet References
Small bee - Stelis Bee - Stelis Stelis laticincta? - Stelis laticincta Stelis laticincta? - Stelis laticincta Stelis laticincta? - Stelis laticincta Mason wasp? - Stelis Red and Black Bee - Stelis louisae Bee [Stelis?] ID Request - Stelis louisae
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Megachilidae (Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies)
Subfamily Megachilinae
Tribe Anthidiini
Genus Stelis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stelis Panzer, 1806
Explanation of Names
Numbers
Nearctica lists 55 species.
Life Cycle
Cleptoparasites of other leaf-cutters. Species of Megachile, subgenus Chelostomoides, are probable hosts for Stelis according to Doug Yanega. (See also here:2)
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 9 August, 2006 - 8:23pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 9 November, 2009 - 12:44pm

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