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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Melittid Bees (Melittidae)
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Melittinae
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Melittini
Tribe Melittini
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
Melittidae (Melittid Bees)
Subfamily
Melittinae
Tribe
Melittini
Numbers
4 spp. (all
Melitta
) in our area, ~85 spp. in 2 genera total
(
1
)
Range
Holarctic & Afrotropical
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by
Graham Montgomery
on 9 July, 2014 - 9:12pm
Additional contributions by
John S. Ascher
,
v belov
,
PaleoJon
Last updated 22 December, 2023 - 9:58pm