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Triepeolus

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Triepeolus
Triepeolus concavus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 simplex

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References

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  1. ^ "Triepeolus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  2. ^ "Triepeolus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  3. ^ Sharkey M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera.
  4. ^ "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

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