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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
Which bee is this, please? - Melissodes bimaculatus - male Black Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - female Long-horned Bees? - Melissodes bimaculatus - male Melissodes bimaculata? female? - Melissodes bimaculatus Black Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - male Unknown bee with yellow feet? - Melissodes bimaculatus - male Melissodes bimaculatus Longhorn bee – Melissodes sp.? - 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)
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 7 August, 2006 - 8:02pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Ted Kropiewnicki, John S. Ascher, ceiseman, KenW, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 12 July, 2021 - 12:19pm

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