Isepeolini

Isepeolini
Isepeolus wagenknechti, female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Apinae
Tribe: Isepeolini

The Isepeolini are a tribe of apid bees. Isepeolini is a tribe of cleptoparasitic bees (also known as "cuckoo bees") within the family Apidae. These bees do not build their own nests; instead, they lay their eggs in the nests of other bees, often targeting the genus Colletes.

Genera

  • Isepeolus
  • Melectoides

References

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