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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 Heliomelissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Heliomelissodes) » Melissodes desponsus

Species Melissodes desponsus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Internet References
Small Bumble Bee - Melissodes desponsus - female Thistle Long-horned Bee - Melissodes desponsus Thistle Long-horned Bee - Melissodes desponsus - male Two bees on Cirsium discolor - Melissodes desponsus - female Bee Xylocopa or Bombus? - Melissodes desponsus - female Eucerine - Melissodes desponsus - male Unknown bee - Melissodes desponsus longhorn bee with black abdomen - Melissodes desponsus - 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 Heliomelissodes)
Species desponsus (Melissodes desponsus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melissodes cnici
Melissodes daponsa
Melissodes desponsa
Melissodes nigripes
Explanation of Names
Author: Smith, 1854.
Size
Female 12-13.5 mm. Male 11-13.5 mm.
Range
Discover Life Global map.
North Dakota to Nova Scotia, South to Oklahoma, Alabama and North Carolina.
Season
Adults: June to October.
Food
Includes Cirsium. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References
Discover Life - Apidae: Melissodes desponsus (Smith, 1854)
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 26 September, 2006 - 6:09pm
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki, John S. Ascher, ceiseman, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 12 July, 2021 - 12:19pm

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