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Genus Epimelissodes

Furry - Epimelissodes orange bee - Epimelissodes obliqua Svastra aegis - Epimelissodes aegis - male Long-horned Bees (Eucerini) » Svastra » Subgenus Epimelissodes (Svastra Subgenus Epimelissodes) maybe? - Epimelissodes obliqua Svastra obliqua bee? - Epimelissodes obliqua - female Golden bee on Vernonia - Epimelissodes obliqua Eucerini; Svastra duplocincta - Epimelissodes duplocincta - male Long-horned Bee - Epimelissodes obliqua
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 Epimelissodes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Split from the Svastra Holmberg, 1884 as phylogenomic analyses recovered the 7 species in the Neotropical subgenus Svastra (Svastra) as distinctly part of a separate clade to the four Nearctic subgenera.
Numbers
16 spp. in 4 subgenera, all in our area(1)
Identification
Metanotum with a tuft of hair(2)
tuft looks like a yellow spot • tufts more pronounced

Key to species by LaBerge (1958).(3)
Range
Nearctic (ON & the US to Mexico)
Print References
Freitas, F.V. et al. 2023. UCE phylogenomics, biogeography, and classification of long-horned bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerini), with insights on using specimens with extremely degraded DNA. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 7(4) 1–21. DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixad012.
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees.
Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia J. Messinger Carril. 2015. Princeton University Press.
3.Notes on the North and Central American bees of the genus Svastra Holmberg (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
LaBerge W.E. 1958. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 31: 266‒273.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 30 November, 2005 - 2:09pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Marci Hess, PaleoJon
Last updated 26 December, 2024 - 9:18pm

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