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Parent Taxon

• Apidae

Sibling Taxa

• Agapanthinus
• Alloscirtetica
• Canephorula
• Cemolobus
• Cubitalia
• Eucera
• Eucerinoda
• Florilegus
• Gaesischia
• Gaesochira
• Hamatothrix
• Lophothygater
• Martinapis
• Melissodes
• Melissoptila
• Micronychapis
• Mirnapis
• Notolonia
• Pachysvastra
• Peponapis
• Platysvastra
• Preponapis
• Simanthedon
• Svastra
• Svastrides
• Svastrina
• Syntrichalonia
• Tetralonia
• Tetraloniella
• Thygater
• Trichocerapis
• Ulugombakia
• Xenoglossa

Child Taxa

• Melissoptila argentina
• Melissoptila bonaerensis
• Melissoptila chilena
• Melissoptila dama
• Melissoptila micheneri
• Melissoptila otomita
• Melissoptila pacifica
• Melissoptila paraguayensis
• Melissoptila pinguis
• Melissoptila pubescens
• Melissoptila tandilensis
• Melissoptila uncicornis
• Ptilomelissa

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