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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) » Melissodes

Genus Melissodes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Long horned bee - Melissodes Melissodes bimaculata? - Melissodes bimaculatus - female stripped fuzzy bee - Melissodes Long horned bee? - Melissodes Not a honey bee - Melissodes 9053389 LH B - Melissodes Long horned tiny bee! Melissodes sp.?? - Melissodes Fluffy black bee with green eyes and grey-haired fore and middle legs - Melissodes
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 Eucerini (Longhorn Bees)
Genus Melissodes
Explanation of Names
Melissodes Latreille 1829
Numbers
97 spp. in 7 subgenera in our area, 129 spp. in 8 subgenera total(1)
Subgenera not yet in the guide:
Psilomelissodes: monotypic subgenus(1)
Tachymelissodes: 3 spp. in our area, 4 spp. total(1)
Identification
Key to Florida spp.(2)
Range
New World (Canada to Argentina; map)(1)
Print References
LaBerge W.E. (1956) A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part I (Hymenoptera, Apidae). U. Kans. Sci. Bull. 37 (II): 911-1194. (Full text) (3)
LaBerge W.E. (1956) A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part II (Hymenoptera, Apidae). U. Kans. Sci. Bull. 38 (I): 533-578. (Full text) (4)
LaBerge W.E. (1961) A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III (Hymenoptera, Apidae). U. Kans. Sci. Bull. 42: 283-663. (Full text) (5)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2. The Bees of Florida
3.A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part I (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
W.E. LaBerge. 1956. U. Kans. Sci. Bull. 37 (II): 911-1194.
4.A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part II (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
W.E. LaBerge. 1956. U. Kans. Sci. Bull. 38 (I): 533-578.
5.A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
W.E. LaBerge. 1961. U. Kans. Sci. Bull. 42: 283-663.
Contributed by Ethan Friedman on 24 July, 2005 - 9:47am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Ted Kropiewnicki, John S. Ascher, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, Edward Ruden
Last updated 24 September, 2022 - 5:48pm

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