Epeoloides

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Epeoloides
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Epeoloides coecutiens ♀
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Apinae
Tribe: Osirini
Genus: Epeoloides
Giraud, 1863
Synonyms
  • ViereckellaSwenk, 1907

Epeoloides is a genus of cuckoo bees which lay their eggs in the nests of melittid bees of the genus Macropis . [1] One species, Epeoloides pilosulus , is classified as Endangered by the State of Connecticut. [2]

Species

References

  1. ↑ Dos-Santos, Isabel Alves (2009-01-08). "CLEPTOPARASITE BEES, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE OILBEES HOSTS". Acta Biológica Colombiana. 14 (2).
  2. ↑ Connecticut’s Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015. State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. 2015. 11 pp.