Biology:Triepeolus lunatus

Short description: Species of bee

Triepeolus lunatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Triepeolus
Species:	T. lunatus
Binomial name
Triepeolus lunatus (Say, 1824)
Synonyms
Triepeolus lunatus concolor (Robertson, 1898) Cockerell, 1904 Triepeolus nautlanus

Triepeolus lunatus is a species of cuckoo bee in the family Apidae. It is found in North America from Canada to northern Mexico. Triepeolus lunatus tends to live in forest edges and meadows. thumb|none|Smiley face pattern on thorax

Further reading

• Rightmyer, Molly G. (2008). "A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Triepeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Part I". Zootaxa 1710 (1): 1–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1710.1.1. ISBN 9781869771911. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266460995. 
• Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Apoidea. 

External links

• Citizen science observations for Triepeolus lunatus at iNaturalist

Wikidata ☰ Q10828018 entry