Epeolus pusillus in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/4/2023). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Description
Nests are categorized as ground burrows, and social behavior is categorized as cleptoparasites and social parasites (Selfridge et al., 2017).
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| lateral ,dorsal and lateral habitus scale bar is 3 mm while the dorsal view scale bar is 0.5 mm | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Epeolus |
| Species: | E. pusillus
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| Epeolus pusillus Cresson, 1864
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Epeolus pusillus is a species of cuckoo bee in the family Apidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico.[1][2][3][4] The species is a parasite of Colletes compactus and Colletes ciliatoides.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Epeolus pusillus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Epeolus pusillus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Epeolus pusillus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Onuferko, Thomas M. (2018). "A revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus Latreille for Nearctic species, north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Apidae)". ZooKeys (755): 1–185. doi:10.3897/zookeys.755.23939. PMC 5953965. PMID 29769836.
- ^ Rozen, Jerome G.; Favreau, Marjorie S. (1968). "Biological notes on Colletes compactus compactus and its cuckoo bee, Epeolus pusillus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae and Anthophoridae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 76 (2): 106–111. ISSN 0028-7199.
Further reading
[edit]- Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.