Triepeolus lunatus is a species of cuckoo bee in the family Apidae. It is found in North America from Canada to northern Mexico.[1][2] Triepeolus lunatus tends to live in forest edges and meadows. [3]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | Triepeolus |
Species: | T. lunatus
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Binomial name | |
Triepeolus lunatus (Say, 1824)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Triepeolus lunatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Triepeolus lunatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Triepeolus lunatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading
edit- Rightmyer, Molly G. (2008). "A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Triepeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Part I". Zootaxa. 1710 (1): 1–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1710.1.1. ISBN 9781869771911.
- Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
External links
edit- Media related to Triepeolus lunatus at Wikimedia Commons
- Citizen science observations for Triepeolus lunatus at iNaturalist