longhorn bees

(Melissodes Subgenus Eumelissodes)

Overview
longhorn bee (Melissodes Subgenus Eumelissodes)
Photo by Alfredo Colon
 

Eumelissodes are solitary bees. Vertical nests are excavated on flat ground.

 

 

 

     
           
 
Description
 
 

Adults are to ¾ in length. Males have much longer antennae than females.

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

24, 27, 29, 30.

 
  12/28/2018      
         
 
Taxonomy
 
 

Order

Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)  
 

Suborder

Apocrita (narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)  
 

Infraorder

Aculeata (ants, bees, and stinging wasps)  
 

Superfamily

Apoidea (bees and apoid wasps)  
  Epifamily Anthophila (bees)  
 

Family

Apidae (honey bees, bumble bees, and allies)  
 

Subfamily

Apinae (apine bees)  
 

Tribe

Eucerini (longhorn bees)  
 

Genus

Melissodes  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

agile long-horned bee (Melissodes agilis)

dark-faced longhorn (Melissodes tristis)

dark-veined longhorn bee (Melissodes trinodis)

denticulate long-horned bee (Melissodes denticulatus)

Drury’s long-horned bee (Melissodes druriellus)

pale-marked long-horned bee (Melissodes pallidisignatus)

small long-horned bee (Melissodes microstictus)

three-knotted long-horned bee (Melissodes trinodis)

valiant long-horned bee(Melissodes illatus)

vigorous long-horned bee (Melissodes subillatus)

 
       
 

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Common Names

 
 

longhorn bees

true melissodes bees

 
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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  Catherine H
8/15/2020

Location: Columbia Heights, MN

They love my Joe-Pye bushes

   
  Alfredo Colon
June 2018

Location: Woodbury, Minnesota

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Created: 12/29/2018

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