Biology:Biastes (bee)

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Short description: Genus of bees

Biastes
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Neolarrini
Genus: Biastes
Panzer, 1806

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]

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

References

  1. "Biastes Panzer, 1806" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1340138. 
  2. Bossert, Silas, Copeland, Robert S., Sless, Trevor J. L., Branstetter, Michael G., Gillung, Jessica P., et al. (2020) Phylogenomic and morphological reevaluation of the bee tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with description of three new species of Schwarzia. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 4(6) : 1-29 doi:10.1093/isd/ixaa013

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