Ericrocidini

Ericrocidini
Acanthopus excellens , female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Subfamily:	Apinae
Tribe:	Ericrocidini
Genera
see text

The Ericrocidini are a tribe of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae.

Genera

• Acanthopus
• Aglaomelissa ^[1]
• Ctenioschelus ^[2]
• Epiclopus
• Ericrocis
• Hopliphora
• Mesocheira ^[2]
• Mesonychium
• Mesoplia

References

1. Rocha-Filho, Léo C.; Morato, Élder F.; Melo, Gabriel A. R. (June 2009). "New host records of Aglaomelissa duckei and a compilation of host associations of Ericrocidini bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". Zoologia (Curitiba). 26 (2): 299–304. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702009000200012.
2. Thiele, Rainer (2005). "A New Species of Ctenioschelus Romand from Costa Rican Dry Forest (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Ericrocidini)" . Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 78 (3): 272–276. doi:10.2317/0407.30.1. ISSN   0022-8567. JSTOR   25086272.

• C. D. Michener (2000) The Bees of the World, Johns Hopkins University Press.

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1. John S. Ascher via http://bugguide.net/