Biastes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Neolarrini
Genus: Biastes
Panzer, 1806

Biastes is a genus of cuckoo bees belonging to the family Apidae.[1] Its constituency has been expanded to include species formerly treated in the genus Neopasites, now a subgenus within Biastes.[2]

Subgenera and species

  • Subgenus Biastes s.s.
    • Biastes brevicornis (Panzer, 1798)
    • Biastes emarginatus (Schenck, 1853)
  • Subgenus Melittoxena Morawitz, 1876
    • Biastes popovi Proshchalykin and Lelej, 2004
    • Biastes schmidti Heinrich, 1977
    • Biastes truncatus (Nylander, 1848)
  • Subgenus Neopasites Ashmead, 1898

References

  1. "Biastes Panzer, 1806". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. Bossert, Silas, Copeland, Robert S., Sless, Trevor J. L., Branstetter, Michael G., Gillung, Jessica P., et al. (2020) Phylogenomic and morphological reevaluation of the bee tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with description of three new species of Schwarzia. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 4(6) : 1-29 doi:10.1093/isd/ixaa013
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