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Epeoloides

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Epeoloides

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Epeoloides is a genus of cuckoo bees which lay their eggs in the nests of melittid bees of the genus Macropis. One species, Epeoloides pilosulus, is classified as Endangered by the State of Connecticut.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyApidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
45
With media
3
Family
Apidae
Collections
UCONN, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, KU, UNHC
Recorded in
United States, Canada

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Epeoloides is a genus of cuckoo bees which lay their eggs in the nests of melittid bees of the genus Macropis. One species, Epeoloides pilosulus, is classified as Endangered by the State of Connecticut.

==Species== Epeoloides coecutiens (Fabricius, 1775) Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson, 1878)

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