Triepeolus is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 140 described species in Triepeolus.[1][2][3][4] The majority of species whose life history is known are kleptoparasitic in the nests of bees in the tribe Eucerini, especially the genera Melissodes and Svastra.

Triepeolus
Triepeolus concavus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Nomadinae
Tribe: Epeolini
Subtribe: Thalestriina
Genus: Triepeolus
Robertson, 1901
Triepeolus simplex

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References

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  1. ^ "Triepeolus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  2. ^ "Triepeolus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  3. ^ Sharkey M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera.
  4. ^ "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
  • Michener, Charles D. (2007). The Bees of the World, Second Edition, xvi + 953.
  • Moure, J. S., and G. A. R. Melo / Moure, Jesus Santiago, Danúncia Urban, and Gabriel A. R. Melo, org (2007). "Nomadini Latreille, 1802". Catalogue of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the neotropical region, 578–599.
  • Rightmyer, Molly G. (2004). "Phylogeny and classification of the parasitic bee tribe Epeolini (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Nomadinae)". Scientific Papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas, no. 33, 1-51.
  • Rightmyer, Molly G. (2008). "A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Triepeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Part I".Zootaxa

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