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Genus Melissodes

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

Subgenus Apomelissodes
Bee on Swamp Iris - Melissodes apicatus

Subgenus Callimelissodes
Bee #2 - Melissodes Orange County Bees & Wasps #145 - Melissodes - male Melissodes? - Melissodes - female Melissodes? - Melissodes - female Some kind of longhorn? Yes, Melissodes, possibly subgenus Callimelissodes - Melissodes - male How very western! Longhorn on coyote mint. - Melissodes - male How very western! Longhorn on coyote mint. - Melissodes - male How very western! Longhorn on coyote mint. - Melissodes - male

Subgenus Eumelissodes
Digger Bee - Melissodes - female Small bee, sweat bee sized - Melissodes Long Horned Bee - Melissodes bee - Melissodes - male Melissodes - Melissodes trinodis - female Long-horned bee? - Melissodes Eucerini 1? - Melissodes - male longhorn bee with thick furry tan thorax - Melissodes - male

Subgenus Heliomelissodes
bee-see comment - Melissodes desponsus - female bee 1 - Melissodes desponsus - female bee 1 - Melissodes desponsus Long-horned Bee on Thistle - Melissodes desponsus - female bee 1 - Melissodes desponsus Two bees on Cirsium discolor - Melissodes desponsus - female Bee on Tall Thistle - Melissodes desponsus Large Pollen Sac Bee? - Melissodes rivalis

Subgenus Melissodes
Black Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus bee - Melissodes bimaculatus Black Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - female Bee on Cone Flower - Melissodes bimaculatus bee on white clover - Melissodes communis - male Long horned bee - Melissodes bimaculatus Small, furry, green-eyed bee - Melissodes comptoides Black Bee in Portulaca Flower 1 - Melissodes bimaculatus


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