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Tribe Exomalopsini

OC Hymenoptera #15 - In Bindweed - Anthophorula - female Megachillidae Green-eyed Bee - Anthophorula Tiny bee - Anthophorula Exomalopsis from near Mexican border - Exomalopsis snowi - female Male Exomalopsis bee found near the Mexican border - Exomalopsis snowi - male Native bees on mariposa lilly - Anthophorula Exomalopsis! - Exomalopsis
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)
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 Hartmut Wisch on 26 July, 2007 - 7:14pm
Additional contributions by v belov, hg, Marci Hess
Last updated 23 October, 2023 - 10:02am

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