Biastes (bee) explained

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biastes Panzer, 1806 . www.gbif.org . 11 March 2021 . en.
2. 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