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🧪 Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae) europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ej...
Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae) | European Journal of Taxonomy
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March 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social
The high-quality genome assembly of Coelioxoides waltheriae (Apidae: Nomadinae) reveals gene family dynamics and evolutionary shifts related to its cleptoparasitic lifestyle https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.18.725936v1
May 20, 2026 at 8:32 PM
mutillidae.bsky.social
The 2025 Bee Course wrapped up on Sunday after 10 amazing days of lab & field work in the Chiricahua Mountains in AZ.

We collected bees representing about 42 genera of bees! This is Holcopasites (prob. H. minimus) I collected during the course. 🐝 👀 ♥️

#Apidae
#Nomadinae
#NaturalHistoryCollections
Small, point-mounted red and black bee on a grey background. The first three metasomal segments are reddish and the rest of the integument is black. Though quite small, the bee appears stout and robust. The body is densely punctate and there are dense patches of white appressed setae, mostly on the sides of the mesosoma and on the apical fringes of the tergites.
August 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
art-h-ropod.bsky.social
Next up in the #native Nomadinae -- a male Notch-backed Cellophane Cuckoo #Bee (Epeolus scutellaris) on Rudbeckia hirta. Like others in the same group, these are #kleptoparasites, but specialize on cellophane bees (Colletes spp.). #backyard #garden #biodiversity #YorkRegion 🇨🇦
A small brown-black bee with pale yellow abdominal stripes, short straight antennae, and pale brown eyes is seen in a high-angle frontal view. It is crawling on a dark brown thimble-shaped cone of disc florets surrounded by bright yellow ray florets of a daisy-like Black-eyed Susan. The same bee is seen from high on the right side.
April 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
art-h-ropod.bsky.social
Another in the kleptoparasitic Nomadinae -- a male #native Autumnal Cellophane-cuckoo #Bee (Epeolus autumnalis) feeding on New England Aster. As the common name suggests, these fly only in September here in #YorkRegion 🇨🇦 #backyard #garden #biodiversity
A small black and light-yellow striped bee - seen from above -- with pale translucent wings is feeding on the disc florets of a a pale mauve-blue daisy-like flower. The left antenna is extended forward and the right is bent ventrally out of view. The same bee is seen from the left-rear. it is poised for flight and the wings are blurred by motion. Both antennae are visible, diverging anteriorly.
April 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
art-h-ropod.bsky.social
Moving on with the #garden #bee list - time to look at the Nomadinae = cuckoo & nomad bees! 1st up is a Typical Nomad Bee (Nomada ruficornis sp. group, prob. N. maculata - Spotted Nomad) on fleabane. All in this subfamily are #kleptoparasites on other bees. #backyard #biodiversity #YorkRegion 🇨🇦
A small red-brown bee with long antennae and vertically elongate bright yellow spots on the flanks of its abdomen, seen from the left side. The ovoid brown eye is clearly visible. The bee is feeding on the yellow disc florets of a fleabane flower, and yellow pollen grains adhere to its thorax and legs. Same bee, seen from above. The translucent amber-coloured wings are folded over the abdomen. Two small circular yellow tubercles are present at the rear of the thorax. A close look shows that the head and thorax are covered in tiny bumps.
April 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
art-h-ropod.bsky.social
One last member of the local Nomadinae before moving on to more #garden #bees. This one remains a mystery - iNat.ca originally came up w Complex Nomada erigeronis (feeding on Erigeron sp. is a clue!), but no confirmation. Possibly N. articulata? #backyard #biodiversity #YorkRegion 🇨🇦
A small red-brown bee seen from the upper right side. Yellow markings on the abdomen are obscured by the folded wings. The scutum shows a granulate sculpture and a darker median stripe. The large ovoid brown eye has scattered small dark spots; three black median ocelli form a triangle (apex pointing anteriorly) on the top of the head. The long antennae indicate this is a male. The bee is perched on the yellow disc florets of a small pinkish-white fleabane flower.
April 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
norfolkm.bsky.social
I’m getting stuck now going round in circles. I believe this is nomadinae, nomad bee, but which one? North Norfolk UK @norfolknats.bsky.social can you help please? What are the identifying pointers?
April 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
squidpizza.art
Cuckoo bee is kind of funny as a category because many different distantly related species have converged on the same strategy of brood parasitism, some are types of bumblebees and some are kind of their own thing in the subfamily Nomadinae
May 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
marlow.bsky.social
This is a cuckoo bee, subfamily Nomadinae, which gets its name from the notorious(?) bird, because it does the, Here have some extra kids things! This photo is one of my better ones, I’d say. Please be kind to your bees.
A reddish-brown cuckoo bee clasps its yellow mandibles onto a purple-tinged end of a grass stalk, hanging at rest, over a soft green background.
July 18, 2023 at 3:09 PM
biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
The high-quality genome assembly of Coelioxoides waltheriae (Apidae: Nomadinae) reveals gene family dynamics and evolutionary shifts related to its cleptoparasitic lifestyle https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.18.725936v1
May 20, 2026 at 8:32 PM
gbifmorpho.bsky.social
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae) (288 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2b6bb4ed-2655-4295-83a5-aec2cb6852f8
April 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
hourlyspecies.bsky.social
Genus/Species: Nomadinae
Subtitle: Cuckoo Bees
Image of Nomadinae
July 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
hourlyspecies.bsky.social
Genus/Species: Nomadinae
Subtitle: Cuckoo Bees
Image of Nomadinae
May 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
hourlyspecies.bsky.social
Genus/Species: Nomadinae
Subtitle: Cuckoo Bees
Image of Nomadinae
March 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM