Neolarrini Explained

Neolarrini is a tribe of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are 5 genera and about 40 described species in Neolarrini, which includes the genera and species formerly included in the deprecated tribes Biastini and Townsendiellini.^[1]

Genera

• Biastes Panzer, 1806
• Neolarra Ashmead, 1890
• Rhopalolemma Roig-Alsina, 1991
• Schwarzia Eardley, 2009
• Townsendiella Crawford, 1916

References

• Michener, Charles D. (2000). The Bees of the World, xiv + 913.
• Michener, Charles D. (2007). The Bees of the World, Second Edition, xvi + 953.

Further reading

• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-0212-1.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Biastini

Notes and References

1. 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