Hesperapis
Genus of bees
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Hesperapis is a genus of bees in the family Melittidae. There are at least 30 described species in Hesperapis.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The genus is very uncommon.[7] Its abdomen is flattened and its integument or "skin" is soft compared to other groups of bees.[7]
| Hesperapis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Melittidae |
| Subfamily: | Dasypodainae |
| Genus: | Hesperapis Cockerell, 1898 |
Behavior
Species
These 37 species belong to the genus Hesperapis:
- Hesperapis aliciae (Cockerell, 1932) i c g
- Hesperapis arenicola Crawford, 1917 i c g
- Hesperapis arida Michener, 1936 i c g
- Hesperapis braunsiana (Friese, 1911) i c g
- Hesperapis carinata Stevens, 1919 i c g
- Hesperapis danforthi (Eardley, 2007) i c g
- Hesperapis elegantula Cockerell, 1898 i c g
- Hesperapis eumarpha (Cockerell, 1898) i c g
- Hesperapis flavicara (Eardley, 2007) i c g
- Hesperapis flavitarsis (Friese, 1912) i c g
- Hesperapis fuchsi (Viereck, 1909) i c g
- Hesperapis fulvipes Crawford, 1917 i c g
- Hesperapis gessorum (Eardley, 2007) i c g
- Hesperapis hantamensis (Michez & Kuhlmann, 2007) i c g
- Hesperapis ilicifoliae (Cockerell, 1910) i c g
- Hesperapis larreae Cockerell, 1907 i c g
- Hesperapis laticeps Crawford, 1917 i c g
- Hesperapis leucura Cockerell, 1916 i c g
- Hesperapis macrocephala Cockerell, 1924 i c g
- Hesperapis micheneri (Michez, 2007) i c g
- Hesperapis nanula (Cockerell, 1936) i c g
- Hesperapis nigerrima (Cockerell, 1932) i c g
- Hesperapis nitidula Cockerell, 1916 i c g
- Hesperapis oliviae (Cockerell, 1897) i c g
- Hesperapis oraria Snelling & Stage, 1997 i c g b
- Hesperapis parva Michener, 1937 i c g
- Hesperapis pellucida Cockerell, 1925 i c g
- Hesperapis regularis (Cresson, 1878) i c g b
- Hesperapis rhodocerata (Cockerell, 1897) i c g
- Hesperapis rhodostoma (Cockerell, 1932) i c g
- Hesperapis richtersveldensis (Patiny & Michez, 2007) i c g
- Hesperapis rodecki Cockerell, 1934 i c g
- Hesperapis rufipes (Ashmead, 1899) i c g b
- Hesperapis rufiventris (Friese, 1912) i c g
- Hesperapis semirudis Cockerell, 1910 i c g
- Hesperapis trochanterata Snelling, 1987 i c g
- Hesperapis wilmattae Cockerell, 1933 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
