Melissodes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Melissodes
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Melissodes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Melissodes
Melissodes is the second largest genus of long-horned bees - named for the characteristically long antennae of males. Melissodes currently has 129 described species, all native to the Americas, from Canada in the North to Argentina in the South (though less common in the tropics).
The females of most species are either polylectic (collect pollen from a variety of plant species) or oligolectic (collect pollen from a narrow set of closely related plant species) on Asteraceae. Melissodes are important crop pollinators, particularly on sunflower, but they have also been observed on canola, cantaloupe, watermelon, cotton, coffee, and alfalfa.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Melissodes bimaculatus
- Melissodes blandus
- Melissodes cestus
- Melissodes colliciatus
- Melissodes communis
- Melissodes comptoides
- Melissodes cubensis
- Melissodes flexus
- Melissodes foxi
- Melissodes gilensis
- Melissodes labiatarum
- Melissodes leprieuri
- Melissodes maestus
- Melissodes martinicensis
- Melissodes morrilli
- Melissodes negligendus
- Melissodes panamensis
- Melissodes paroselae
- Melissodes rufodentatus
- Melissodes tepaneca
- Melissodes tepidus
- Melissodes tescorum
- Melissodes tessellatus
- Melissodes thelypodii































































































































































