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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 » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Wool-carder, Resin, Pebble, and Allied Bees (Anthidiini) » Stelis

Genus Stelis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Bee/wasp? - Stelis louisae ID confirmation/correction - Stelis louisae Red and Black Bee - Stelis louisae cuckoo bee? - Stelis rudbeckiarum Stelis laticincta? - Stelis laticincta Stelis laticincta unknown bee - Stelis
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 Megachilidae (Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies)
Subfamily Megachilinae (Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives)
Tribe Anthidiini (Wool-carder, Resin, Pebble, and Allied Bees)
Genus Stelis
Explanation of Names
Stelis Panzer, 1806
from the Greek στηλίς stēlís ('little pillar')
Numbers
65 spp. in 3 subgenera in our area, >100 spp. in 7 subgenera worldwide(1)
Range
most of the world except Australasia & equatorial Africa(1)
Life Cycle
Kleptoparasites of other leaf-cutters; probable hosts are Megachile (Chelostomoides) spp., per Doug Yanega (see also here)
Subgenus Heterostelis is parasitic on Trachusa.
Remarks
Note: hemihomonym of the plant genus, Stelis Swartz (leach orchids).
Internet References
Discover Life
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 9 August, 2006 - 8:23pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, v belov, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 16 February, 2023 - 4:01am

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