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Tribe Epeolini

Epeolus bifasciatus?  - Epeolus bifasciatus Triepeolus (grandis?) - Triepeolus Wasp, Emerson - Triepeolus - female a cuckoo wasp? Triepeolus lunatus? - Triepeolus - female Epeolus cuckoo bee - Epeolus pusillus - female wasp - Triepeolus concavus - female Cellophane-cuckoo bee - Triepeolus - male
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 Nomadinae (Cuckoo Bees)
Tribe Epeolini
Explanation of Names
Epeolini Linsley & Michener 1939
Numbers
154 spp. in 3 genera in our area, 308 spp. in 8 genera of 4 subtribes worldwide(1)
Identification
Axilla enlarged and triangular • hairs short, branched, gray/white (occasionally yellow/orange) • eyes converging below
Range
much of the world, except the Oriental & Australasian regions(1)
Life Cycle
Epeolus ― cleptoparasites of ColletesTriepeolus, of Eucerini
Print References
(2)