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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 » Subgenus Melissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Melissodes) » Two-spotted Longhorn Bee (Melissodes bimaculatus)

Species Melissodes bimaculatus - Two-spotted Longhorn Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References

Melissodes bimaculata? - Melissodes bimaculatus - male

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Two-spotted Longhorn bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - male

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

No Taxon (Subgenus Melissodes)

Species bimaculatus (Two-spotted Longhorn Bee)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Melissodes bimaculata (spelling/gender)

Melissodes melanosoma

Explanation of Names

Author: Lepeletier, 1825.

Size

Females: 13-15 mm, males: 11-13 mm.

Identification

The name "bimaculatus" refers to the two white spots near the tip of the abdomen.

Range

Generally distributed throughout the Eastern United States, reaching North Dakota, Colorado and New Mexico in the West.

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Season

May to October.

Food

The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.

Remarks

Details for Melissodes bimaculatus are posted at Discover Life

Internet References

Discover Life - Apidae: Melissodes bimaculatus (Lepeletier, 1825)

Maryland Biodiversity Project

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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 7 August, 2006 - 8:02pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Ted Kropiewnicki, John S. Ascher, ceiseman, marcie oconnor, KenW, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 26 April, 2024 - 5:38pm

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