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Melittidae is a
small bee family, with over 200
described species in
three subfamilies. The
family has a
limited distribution, with all
described species...
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already diverged from one
another by the end of the Cretaceous. The
Melittidae, Apidae, and
Megachilidae had
already evolved on the
supercontinent prior...
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overall bee diversity.
There are no
cuckoo bees in the
families Andrenidae,
Melittidae, or Stenotritidae, and
possibly the
Colletidae (there are only unconfirmed...
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Family Heterogynaidae Family Megachilidae (leaf-cutting bees)
Family Melittidae Family Stenotritidae Family Sphecidae (digger wasps)
Superfamily Chrysidoidea...
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behavior is
otherwise known only from a few
lineages in the
family Melittidae. Dehon, M.; Michez, D.; Nel, A.; Engel, M. S.; De Meulemeester, T. (2014)...
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recent molecular studies have
disproved this hypothesis,
placing the
Melittidae (sensu lato) as the
basal group of bees. The
Colletidae are one of the...
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interpretation of the bee
fossil Melitta willardi ****erell (Hymenoptera,
Melittidae)
based on
geometric morphometrics of the wing".
ZooKeys (389): 35–48....
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orchid bees,
stingless bees)
Colletidae (plasterer bees)
Halictidae (sweat bees)
Megachilidae (mason bees,
leafcutter bees)
Melittidae Stenotritidae...
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Sphecidae †Angarosphecidae †Paleomelittidae †Temnogynidae
Clade Anthophila Andrenidae Apidae Colletidae Halictidae Megachilidae Melittidae Stenotritidae...
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Hesperapis larreae is a solitary, ground-nesting bee in the
family Melittidae Rozen,
Jerome Jr.; Griswold,
Terry (1991). "Biology and
Larvae of the Cleptoparasitic...
