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Syntrichalonia
''Syntrichalonia'' is a genus of exquisite long-horned bees in the family Apidae Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for .... There are at least two described species in ''Syntrichalonia''. Species These two species belong to the genus ''Syntrichalonia'': * '' Syntrichalonia exquisita'' (Cresson, 1878) (exquisite long-horned bee) * '' Syntrichalonia fuliginea'' LaBerge, 1994 References Further reading * Apinae Articles created by Qbugbot {{Apinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syntrichalonia Exquisita
''Syntrichalonia exquisita'' is a species of long-horned bee in the family Apidae Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for .... It is found in Central America and North America. References Further reading * Apinae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1878 {{Apinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apidae
Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for honey production), carpenter bees, euglossini, orchid bees, nomadinae, cuckoo bees, and a number of other less widely known groups.BugGuide.Net: the Family Apidae (of bees) . accessed 6.23.2013 Many are valuable pollinators in natural habitats and for agricultural crops.[Michener, Charles D. (2007) ''The bees of the world''. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Londres.] Taxonomy In addition to its historical classification (honey bees, bumble bees, stingless bees and orchid bees), the family Apidae presently includes ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apinae
The Apinae are the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae. It includes the familiar "pollen basket, corbiculate" (pollen basket) bees—bumblebees, honey bees, euglossini, orchid bees, stingless bees, and the extinct genus ''Euglossopteryx''. It also includes all but two of the groups (excluding Nomadinae and Xylocopinae) that were previously classified in the family Anthophoridae. Most species in the subfamily (other than honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees) are solitary, though several of the Tribe (biology), tribes are entirely kleptoparasite, kleptoparasitic, such as the Ericrocidini, Isepeolini, Melectini, Osirini, Protepeolini, and Rhathymini. Behaviors Certain behaviors are known from members of the Apinae that are rarely seen in other bees, including the habit of males forming "sleeping aggregations" on vegetation - several males gathering on a single plant in the evening, grasping a plant with their jaws and resting there through the nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
