| Melissodes verbesinarum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Melissodes |
| Species: | M. verbesinarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Melissodes verbesinarum Cockerell, 1905 | |
Melissodes verbesinarum is a species of long-horned bees found in the south western United States and central Mexico.
Females are identifiable by being more robust than other Melissodes; darker hairs on inner side of basal joint of hind tarsi; flagellum, after the first two joints, bright rusty color on the underside; basal band of second abdominal (T2) segment broad and very white; hairs of thorax are paler near the head; eyes pale sea-green. Appears similar to easily be taken for an undersized M. pallidicincta, but the much narrower face at once distinguishes it. [1]
M. verbesinarum nectars on Helianthus annuus without pollinating it. [2]