Biastes (bee)
Genus of bees
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Biastes is a genus of cuckoo bees belonging to the family Apidae.[1] Its constituency has been expanded to include species formerly treated in the genus Neopasites, now a subgenus within Biastes.[2][3]
| Biastes | |
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| Biastes brevicornis (male) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Neolarrini |
| Genus: | Biastes Panzer, 1806 |
Subgenera and species
- Subgenus Biastes s.s.
- Biastes brevicornis (Panzer, 1798)
- Biastes emarginatus (Schenck, 1853)
- Subgenus Melittoxena Morawitz, 1876
- Biastes popovi Proshchalykin and Lelej, 2004
- Biastes schmidti Heinrich, 1977
- Biastes truncatus (Nylander, 1848)
- Subgenus Neopasites Ashmead, 1898
- Biastes cressoni (Crawford, 1916)
- Biastes fulviventris (Cresson, 1878)
- Biastes mojavensis (Linsley, 1943)
- Biastes sierrae (Linsley, 1943)
- Biastes timberlakei (Linsley, 1943)