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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 Eumelissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Eumelissodes) » Melissodes dentiventris

Species Melissodes dentiventris

Classification · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References
Bee sp - Melissodes dentiventris Long horned Bee - Melissodes dentiventris - male Long horned Bee - Melissodes dentiventris - male Melissodes dentiventris on Ionactis linariifolius - Melissodes dentiventris Melissodes - Melissodes dentiventris - female Melissodes or Svastra? - Melissodes dentiventris - male long-horned bee - Melissodes dentiventris Melissodes? - Melissodes dentiventris
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 Eumelissodes)
Species dentiventris (Melissodes dentiventris)
Size
Female: 10.5-14.5 mm. Male: 10.5-12 mm.
Range
The New England States, south to Georgia and Texas.
Discover Life map
Season
July to October
Food
Aster is the chief source of pollen, but also known to visit other genera. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Print References
Mitchell, T.B. 1962 Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 152.
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 21 October, 2013 - 8:11pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 12 July, 2021 - 12:24pm

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