Ammobatoides

Ammobatoides
Ammobatoides abdominalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Nomadinae
Genus: Ammobatoides
Radoszkowski, 1867

Ammobatoides is a genus of Old World cuckoo bees belonging to the family Apidae.[1] They lay their eggs in the nests of Melitturga and Meliturgula species.[2]

The species of this genus are found in Europe, Russia, northern China, the Middle East, and parts of Africa.[2]

Species:[2]

  • Ammobatoides abdominalis (Eversmann, 1852)
  • Ammobatoides braunsi (Bischoff, 1923)
  • Ammobatoides luctuosus (Friese, 1911)
  • Ammobatoides okalii (Kocourek, 1990)
  • Ammobatoides radoszkowskii (Proshchalykin & Lelej, 2014)
  • Ammobatoides rubescens (Bischoff, 1923)
  • Ammobatoides schachti (Schwarz, 1988)
  • Ammobatoides schwarzi (Wood, 2023)
  • Ammobatoides scriptus (Gerstäcker, 1869)

References

  1. ↑ "Ammobatoides Radoszkowski, 1867". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Wood, Thomas; Patiny, Sébastien (2025-02-17). "Notes on the genera Ammobatoides and Melitturga in Europe (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)". Journal of Melittology (128). doi:10.17161/jom.vi128.23023. ISSN 2325-4467.