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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 » Triepeolus
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Bee on blade of grass - Triepeolus
Copyright © 2013 Lynn Monroe

Bee on blade of grass - Triepeolus
6 miles NW Lyons, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
July 27, 2007
Size: BL 13.3 mm
This fancy bee was sleeping on a blade of grass. The closest I could find in the University of Colorado entomology collection some years ago was a Doeringiella sp, which now is genus Triepeolus. I will post dorsal, face view and wing. Any help is much appreciated.

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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 21 June, 2013 - 9:04am
Last updated 11 March, 2014 - 9:14am

Moved
Moved from Epeolini.
… John S. Ascher, 11 March, 2014 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

 
Triepeolus sp
A favorite bee! I'm delighted to know its genus. Thank you so much, Dr. Ascher!
… Lynn Monroe, 11 March, 2014 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 21 June, 2013 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Epeolini
Thanks for moving this to the tribe Epeolini, James. It is much appreciated.
… Lynn Monroe, 21 June, 2013 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
No problem Lynn!
I suspected Triepeolus as well--although the two common Epeoline genera are really hard to tell apart!
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 21 June, 2013 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Triepeolus vs. Epeolus
I checked my Michener, McGinley and Danforth yesterday to see the differences. You are right! All about T5 and S6 differences in females and pygidial plates in males. Really hard from a photo!
… Lynn Monroe, 22 June, 2013 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

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