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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) » Cuckoo Bees (Nomadinae) » Epeolini

Tribe Epeolini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
bee - Triepeolus Nomadinae, Cuckoo Bee, face - Triepeolus - female Cuckoo Bee -- Triepeolus donatus? - Triepeolus donatus - male Triepeolus pectoralis - female ID? - female Cuckoo Bee - Triepeolus Cuckoo Bee - Triepeolus - female Bombus? - Triepeolus concavus
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 Nomadinae (Cuckoo Bees)
Tribe Epeolini
Explanation of Names
Epeolini Linsley & Michener 1939
Numbers
154 spp. in 3 genera in our area, 308 spp. in 8 genera of 4 subtribes worldwide(1)
Identification
Axilla enlarged and triangular • hairs short, branched, gray/white (occasionally yellow/orange) • eyes converging below
Range
much of the world, except the Oriental & Australasian regions(1)
Life Cycle
Epeolus ― cleptoparasites of Colletes • Triepeolus, of Eucerini
Print References
(2)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.Phylogeny and classification of the parasitic bee tribe Epeolini (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Nomadinae)
Rightmyer M.G. 2004. Sci. Papers, Nat. Hist. Mus. U. Kans. 33: 1‒55.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 23 August, 2006 - 5:01pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 23 October, 2023 - 11:09am

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