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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 » Exomalopsis

Genus Exomalopsis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Bee - Exomalopsis mellipes Exomalopsis Bee - Exomalopsis mellipes - female Exomalopsis Bee - Exomalopsis mellipes - female Exomalopsis Bee - Exomalopsis mellipes - female Exomalopsis from near Mexican border - Exomalopsis snowi - female Male Exomalopsis bee found near the Mexican border - Exomalopsis snowi - male Bee with two-toned scopa: Exomalopsis ?? - Exomalopsis - female Bee - Exomalopsis mellipes
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
Genus Exomalopsis
Explanation of Names
Author: Spinola 1853
Numbers
10 spp. in 3 subgenera in our area, 87 spp. in 4 subgenera worldwide/total(1)
Subgenera:
*Exomalopsis: 4 spp. in our area, 51 spp. worldwide/total(1)
*Phanomalopsis: a single species in our area, 12 spp. worldwide/total(1)
Stilbomalopsis: 5 spp. in our area, 13 spp. worldwide/total(1)
Size
<10 mm
Identification
Robust and hairy, with pale bands on the abdomen, sometimes reddish. Males have very long antennae.
Range
New World: mostly the Neotropics but also w. US & FL (map)(1)
Food
Floral generalists
Remarks
Communal nesters
Internet References
Fact sheet
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 26 August, 2008 - 11:02am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 22 November, 2011 - 2:53pm

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