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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) » Exomalopsini » Exomalopsis » Exomalopsis mellipes

Species Exomalopsis mellipes

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Internet References
Bee - Exomalopsis mellipes - female Bee on Mallow - Exomalopsis mellipes - female Bee on Mallow - Exomalopsis mellipes - female Exomalopsis Bee - Exomalopsis mellipes - female Exomalopsis Bee - Exomalopsis mellipes - female Exomalopsis Bee - Exomalopsis mellipes - female Exomalopsis Bee - Exomalopsis mellipes - female Exomalopsis Bee - Exomalopsis mellipes - female
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 Exomalopsini
Genus Exomalopsis
Species mellipes (Exomalopsis mellipes)
Other Common Names
Honey-footed Exomalopsis
Explanation of Names
Exomalopsis mellipes Cresson, 1878
Range
AZ, c. TX to Panama - Map (Discover Life)
Food
The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References
Discover Life
Wild Bees of the NBC

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