Isepeolini
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| Isepeolini | |
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| Isepeolus wagenknechti, female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Subfamily: | Apinae |
| Tribe: | Isepeolini |
The Isepeolini are a tribe of apid bees. Isepeolini is a tribe of cleptoparasitic bees (also known as "cuckoo bees") within the family Apidae. These bees do not build their own nests; instead, they lay their eggs in the nests of other bees, often targeting the genus Colletes.