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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Exomalopsini

Tribe Exomalopsini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Over-Achieving Bee - Anthophorula - female bee 82 bee 87 Bee - Exomalopsis Bee - Exomalopsis Green-eyed Bee - Anthophorula Bee - Exomalopsis mellipes Andrenidae? - Anthophorula - female
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 Exomalopsini
Explanation of Names
Exomalopsini Michener 1944
Numbers
51 spp. in 2 genera in our area, ~150 spp. in 3 genera total(1)
Identification
A row of long, widely spaced stiff hairs line the inner margin of the eye (may be hard to see) • head is about as wide as the thorax (unlike in Emphorini)(2)
Range
New World, US to Argentina(1)
Print References
Rozen J.G. (1984) Comparative nesting biology of the bee tribe Exomalopsini (Apoidea, Anthophoridae). Am. Mus. novitates 2798 (Full text)
Timberlake, P.H. 1947. A Revision of the Species of Exomalopsis Inhabiting the United States. J. New York Ent. Soc. Vol.55, No.2 (Jun., 1947), pp. 85-106 JStor
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) 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 Hartmut Wisch on 26 July, 2007 - 7:14pm
Additional contributions by v belov, hg, Marci Hess
Last updated 29 April, 2024 - 12:42pm

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