Triepeolus | |
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Triepeolus concavus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Subfamily: | Nomadinae |
Tribe: | Epeolini |
Subtribe: | Thalestriina |
Genus: |
Triepeolus Robertson, 1901 |
Triepeolus is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 140 described species in Triepeolus. [1] [2] [3] [4] The majority of species whose life history is known are kleptoparasitic in the nests of bees in the tribe Eucerini, especially the genera Melissodes and Svastra.
Triepeolus | |
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Triepeolus concavus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Subfamily: | Nomadinae |
Tribe: | Epeolini |
Subtribe: | Thalestriina |
Genus: |
Triepeolus Robertson, 1901 |
Triepeolus is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 140 described species in Triepeolus. [1] [2] [3] [4] The majority of species whose life history is known are kleptoparasitic in the nests of bees in the tribe Eucerini, especially the genera Melissodes and Svastra.