Melissodes verbesinarum is a species of long-horned bees found in the south western United States and central Mexico.
| Melissodes verbesinarum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Melissodes |
| Species: | M. verbesinarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Melissodes verbesinarum Cockerell, 1905
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Description
editFemales 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]
Ecology
editM. verbesinarum nectars on Helianthus annuus without pollinating it.[2]
References
edit- ^ Cockerell, T. D. A. (1908-12-31). "Notes upon Variation of Melissodes lupina Cresson". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 22: 305. doi:10.2307/3624738. ISSN 0022-8443. JSTOR 3624738.
- ^ Hurd, Paul David; LeBerge, Wallace E.; Linsley, E. Gorton (1980). "Principal sunflower bees of North America with emphasis on the Southwestern United States (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (310): 1–158. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.310. hdl:10088/5299.
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