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Genus Melissodes

Subgenus Apomelissodes · Subgenus Callimelissodes · Subgenus Eumelissodes · Subgenus Heliomelissodes · Subgenus Melissodes

Subgenus Apomelissodes
Bee on Swamp Iris - Melissodes apicatus Pickerelweed long horned bee (Melissodes apicalis)? - Melissodes apicatus Pickerelweed long horned bee (Melissodes apicalis)? - Melissodes apicatus Pickerelweed long horned bee (Melissodes apicalis)? - Melissodes apicatus Pickerelweed long horned bee (Melissodes apicalis)? - Melissodes apicatus Pickerelweed long horned bee (Melissodes apicalis)? - Melissodes apicatus 2 bee, or not 2 bee? - Melissodes apicatus 2 bee, or not 2 bee? - Melissodes apicatus

Subgenus Callimelissodes
Blue-eyed bee - Melissodes stearnsi Orange County Bees & Wasps #160 - Melissodes - male Melissodes? - Melissodes - female Bee - Melissodes - male How very western! Longhorn on coyote mint. - Melissodes - male Melissodes - female Melissodes - female Melissodes - female

Subgenus Eumelissodes
Small pollen laden bee to ID - Melissodes - female Small bee - Melissodes trinodis - female Long-horned bee - Melissodes illatus - male Melissodes - female Long-horned Bee - M. agilis? - Melissodes - male Bee ID - Melissodes bee ? long antennae - Melissodes Bee - Melissodes

Subgenus Heliomelissodes
Melissodes desponsa Bee on Red Lily - Melissodes desponsus Reddish Fly on Red Lily - Melissodes desponsus Long-horned Bees Melissodes desponsus - Thistle Long-horned Bee Female - Melissodes desponsus Long-horned Bee - Melissodes desponsus - male Melissodes desponsa? - Melissodes desponsus - female Unknown Bumblebee - Melissodes desponsus - female Melissodes desponsus - male Bee Eastern Thistle Longhorn - Melissodes desponsus

Subgenus Melissodes
Bee pollinating cactus - Melissodes tepaneca - female Long-horned Bee - Melissodes Melissodes? - Melissodes bimaculatus - male Longhorn Bee - Melissodes Two-spotted Longhorn - Melissodes bimaculatus - female Bee on Liatris-Lurie Garden - Melissodes bimaculatus - female Mining bee sp. - Melissodes - female Second tan, furry Longhorn - Melissodes


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