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Sphecodes

Sphecodes is a genus of cuckoo bees from the family Halictidae, the majority of which are black and red in colour and are colloquially known as blood bees. Sphecodes bees are kleptoparasitic on ground-nesting bees, especially bees in the genera Lasioglossum, Halictus and Andrena. The adults consume nectar, but because they use other bees' provisions to…

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Sphecodes

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Species · 64
Sphecodes → As, Ashmead, Astafurova, Benoist, Bingham, Blüthgen, Brooks, Buysson, Cameron, Cockerell, Cresson, Eardley, Engel, Erichson, Fabricius, Friese, Graenicher, Hagens, Herbst, Hirashima
related to Taxonomy · 22
Sphecodes → Andrena Fabricius, Apis Linnaeus, Apoidea, Carl Linnaeus, Dialonia Robertson, Dichroa Illiger, Halictus Latrielle, In, Latreille, Machaeris Robertson, Melitta Kirby, Nomada Latrielle, Pierre Latreille, Sabulicola Verhoeff, Sphegodes Mavromoustakis, Sphex, Sphex Linnaeus, Stelidium Robertson, That, The
related to Hosts · 15
Sphecodes → Agapostemon, Andrena, Augochlorella, Augochloropsis, Calliopsis, Colletes, Europe, Halictus, Host, However, Lasioglossum, Melitturga, Perdita, Some, Within
related to Distribution · 13
Sphecodes → Americas, Antarctica, Arabian Peninsula, Australia, Central Europe, In, Indian, Nearctic, Neotropics, Siberia, Southeast Asia, The, United States
related to Morphology · 13
Sphecodes → Andrena, Both, Halictidae, In, In North America, Like, Most, Perdita, Sphecodini, The, Their, These, This
related to Phylogeny · 10
Sphecodes → Eupetersia, Europe, Genus-level, Halictidae, Halictinae, Halictini, It, Relatively, Sphecodini, United States
related to history · 8
Sphecodes → Due, Females, Halictus, Lasioglossum, She, The, Their, There
is a · 3
Sphecodes → genus of cuckoo bees from the family Halictidae, member of the family Halictidae and in the tribe Sphecodini, only genus of Sphecodini present.Sphecodes are small-to-medium bees

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species host genus bees hosts genera andrena described halictus also family robertson sphecodini within bee nests halictidae lasioglossum linnaeus kleptoparasitic

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Sphecodesis agenus of cuckoo bees from the family Halictidae0.90text
Sphecodesis amember of the family Halictidae and in the tribe Sphecodini0.90text
Sphecodesis aonly genus of Sphecodini present.Sphecodes are small-to-medium bees0.90text
the United Statesinstance ofand even well-studied regions of the world0.80text
Europe likely have many species to be described or synonymized.A note on Halictinae tribesThere are two diverging approaches to tribe-level phylogenies within Halictinaeinstance ofand even well-studied regions of the world0.80text
iNaturalistinstance ofThis approach is also used by resources0.80text
BugGuideinstance ofThis approach is also used by resources0.80text
Nomada also sneak into unguarded nestsinstance ofOther cuckoo bee genera0.80text
chemically mimicking their Andrena hosts to remain undetectedinstance ofOther cuckoo bee genera0.80text
Sphecodesrelated to DistributionAntarctica0.60section
Sphecodesrelated to DistributionThe0.60section
Sphecodesrelated to DistributionSiberia0.60section

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