Biastes (bee)

Biastes
Biastes brevicornis (male)
Biastes brevicornis (male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Neolarrini
Genus: Biastes
Panzer, 1806

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

Subgenera and species

References

  1. ↑ "Biastes Panzer, 1806". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Bossert, Silas; Robert S Copeland; Trevor Sless; 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" (PDF). Insect Systematics and Diversity. 4 (6). doi:10.1093/isd/ixaa013. Wikidata Q106698814. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for Robert S Copeland, Trevor Sless  (help)
  3. ↑ Sless, Trevor J.L., Odanaka, K.A., Alva-Caballero L.X., et al. (2025). Expanded phylogeny of Nomadinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with integration of UCE and DNA barcode sequence data. Insect Systematics and Diversity 9(3): 1-9 doi:10.1093/isd/ixaf011