Epimelissodes

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Epimelissodes is a genus of long-horned bees in the family Apidae found in North America.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Apidae
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Epimelissodes
Epimelissodes obliquus, Nebraska
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Eucerini
Genus: Epimelissodes
Ashmead, 1899
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Taxonomy and phylogeny

These species were previously classified within the genus Svastra Holmberg, 1884;[1] however, recent genomic focused studies, such as Freitas et al., 2023, have increasingly demonstrated their distinction as separate genera.[2]

Species

There are 20 species of Epimelissodes:[3][unreliable source?]

Subgenus Anthedonia Michener, 1942

  • Epimelissodes comptus (Cresson, 1878)
  • Epimelissodes nevadensis (Cresson, 1874)

Subgenus Brachymelissodes LaBerge, 1956

  • Epimelissodes cressonii (Dalla Torre, 1896)
  • Epimelissodes minima (LaBerge, 1956)

Subgenus Epimelissodes Ashmead, 1899

  • Epimelissodes aegis (LaBerge, 1956)
  • Epimelissodes albocollaris (Cockerell, 1918)
  • Epimelissodes atripes (Cresson, 1872)
  • Epimelissodes comanche (Cresson, 1872)
  • Epimelissodes friesei LaBerge, 1958
  • Epimelissodes grandissimus (Cockerell, 1905)
  • Epimelissodes helianthelli (Cockerell, 1905)
  • Epimelissodes machaerantherae (Cockerell, 1904)
  • Epimelissodes nitidus (LaBerge, 1956)
  • Epimelissodes obliquus (Say, 1837)
  • Epimelissodes pallidior LaBerge, 1963
  • Epimelissodes petulcus (Cresson, 1879)
  • Epimelissodes sabinensis (Cockerell, 1924
  • Epimelissodes sila (LaBerge, 1956)
  • Epimelissodes texanus (Cresson, 1872)

Subgenus Idiomelissodes LaBerge, 1956

  • Epimelissodes duplocinctus (Cockerell, 1905)

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