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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) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Epimelissodes » Subgenus Epimelissodes (Epimelissodes Subgenus Epimelissodes) » Epimelissodes obliqua
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Eucerini - Melissodes - female ??? - Epimelissodes obliqua - female
Copyright © 2008 Kurt Schaefer

Eucerini - Melissodes - female ??? - Epimelissodes obliqua - Female
Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
August 5, 2007

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Eucerini - Melissodes - female ??? - Epimelissodes obliqua - female Eucerini - Melissodes - female ??? - Epimelissodes obliqua - female
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Contributed by Kurt Schaefer on 8 March, 2008 - 7:40pm
Last updated 11 July, 2008 - 8:50am

Moved
Moved from Svastra.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 July, 2008 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Svastra obliqua.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 July, 2008 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

female
why is this identified as Melissodes as opposed to Svastra?
… John S. Ascher, 9 March, 2008 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

 
BugGuide images looked more
BugGuide images looked more like one than the other.
… Kurt Schaefer, 9 March, 2008 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

 
that is not a good way to make a generic identification
these should be based on characters

this is Svastra obliqua, not Melissodes
… John S. Ascher, 10 March, 2008 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John,
I more than humbly agree, but what is the function of BugGuide's image bank if not to make crude comparisons.
… Kurt Schaefer, 10 March, 2008 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

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