Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees (Andrenidae) » Mining Bees (Andreninae) » Andrena » Subgenus Iomelissa (Andrena Subgenus Iomelissa)

Subgenus Iomelissa

bee with striped abdomen - Andrena violae

Andrena violae? - Andrena violae - 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 Andrenidae (Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees)

Subfamily Andreninae (Mining Bees)

Genus Andrena

No Taxon Subgenus Iomelissa

Explanation of Names

Iomelissa Robertson 1900

Numbers

monotypic subgenus(1)

Works Cited

1.	Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

Contributed by John S. Ascher on 6 May, 2018 - 1:46am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 May, 2023 - 12:50pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by: