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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

• Anthedonia
• Brachymelissodes
• Epimelissodes
• Idiomelissodes
• Svastra

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