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Melissodes
Melissodes is the second largest genus of long-horned bees - named for the characteristically long antennae of males. Melissodes currently has 129 described species, all native to the Americas, from Canada in the North to Argentina in the South (though less common in the tropics).
The females of most species are either polylectic (collect pollen from a variety of plant species) or oligolectic (collect pollen from a narrow set of closely related plant species) on Asteraceae. Melissodes are important crop pollinators, particularly on sunflower, but they have also been observed on canola, cantaloupe, watermelon, cotton, coffee, and alfalfa.
24 branches of this group, most-observed first
Two-spotted Longhorn Bee
speciesMelissodes bimaculatus
Common Longhorn Bee
speciesMelissodes communis
Tepanec Long-horned Bee
speciesMelissodes tepaneca
Brown-winged Long-horned Bee
speciesMelissodes comptoides
Parosela Long-horned Bee
speciesMelissodes paroselae
Melissodes gilensis
speciesMelissodes gilensis
Melissodes tepidus
speciesMelissodes tepidus
Melissodes rufodentatus
speciesMelissodes rufodentatus
Melissodes leprieuri
speciesMelissodes leprieuri
Melissodes cestus
speciesMelissodes cestus
Martinique Longhorn Bee
speciesMelissodes martinicensis
Melissodes thelypodii
speciesMelissodes thelypodii
Melissodes tessellatus
speciesMelissodes tessellatus
Melissodes cubensis
speciesMelissodes cubensis
Melissodes colliciatus
speciesMelissodes colliciatus
Melissodes foxi
speciesMelissodes foxi
Melissodes tescorum
speciesMelissodes tescorum
Melissodes morrilli
speciesMelissodes morrilli
Melissodes blandus
speciesMelissodes blandus
Melissodes flexus
speciesMelissodes flexus
Melissodes maestus
speciesMelissodes maestus
Melissodes negligendus
speciesMelissodes negligendus
Melissodes panamensis
speciesMelissodes panamensis
Melissodes labiatarum
speciesMelissodes labiatarum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 571345.