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.
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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 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Triepeolus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ "Triepeolus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ Sharkey M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera.
- ^ "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
- Michener, Charles D. (2007). The Bees of the World, Second Edition, xvi + 953.
- Moure, J. S., and G. A. R. Melo / Moure, Jesus Santiago, Danúncia Urban, and Gabriel A. R. Melo, org (2007). "Nomadini Latreille, 1802". Catalogue of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the neotropical region, 578–599.
- Rightmyer, Molly G. (2004). "Phylogeny and classification of the parasitic bee tribe Epeolini (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Nomadinae)". Scientific Papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas, no. 33, 1-51.
- Rightmyer, Molly G. (2008). "A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Triepeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Part I".Zootaxa
Further reading
edit- NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Triepeolus
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
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