Two-spotted Long-horned Bee
Melissodes bimaculatus (Lepeletier, 1825)
Two-spotted Long-horned Bee: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/3319
Synonyms
Melissodes bimaculata  Melissodes bimaculatus bimaculatus  Two-spotted Longhorn 
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72 Records

Description

Nests are categorized as ground burrows, and social behavior is categorized as solitary to communal (Selfridge et al., 2017).

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Melissodes bimaculatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Melissodes
Species:
M. bimaculatus
Binomial name
Melissodes bimaculatus
(Lepeletier, 1825)
Two-spotted longhorn, Melissodes bimaculata

Melissodes bimaculatus, the two-spotted longhorn, is a species of long-horned bee in the family Apidae.[1][2][3][4]

Subspecies

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These two subspecies belong to the species Melissodes bimaculatus:[1]

  • Melissodes bimaculatus bimaculatus (Lepeletier, 1825)
  • Melissodes bimaculatus nullus LaBerge, 1956

References

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  1. ^ a b "Melissodes bimaculata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. ^ "Melissodes bimaculata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ^ "Melissodes bimaculata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. ^ "Melissodes bimaculatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

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