| Biastes | |
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| Biastes brevicornis (male) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
- Biastes cressoni (Crawford, 1916)
- Biastes fulviventris (Cresson, 1878)
- Biastes mojavensis (Linsley, 1943)
- Biastes sierrae (Linsley, 1943)
- Biastes timberlakei (Linsley, 1943)
References
- ^ "Biastes Panzer, 1806". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ 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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