Author: Giraud, 1863

Type species: Epeoloides ambiguus Giraud, 1863 = Apis coecutiens Fabricius 1775, monobasic.
Synonyms: Viereckella Swenk, 1907.
Clade: Anthophila
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Nomadinae
Tribe: Osirini
Distinctive traits
  • No scopa (cleptoparasitic bees)
  • 3 submarginal cells of subequal size
  • marginal cell with apex distant from anterior margin of the wing
  • nervulus interfurcal
  • axillae rounded
  • scutellum without spine
  • shiny cuticle
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Morphologically close genera, and how to distinguish them:
  • Epeoloides - Epeolus & Triepeolus
Epeoloides species have rounded axillae and an interfurcal nervulus.
Epeolus & Triepeolus species have toothed axilae and a postfurcal nervulus.
  • Epeoloides - Nomada
Epeoloides species have a marginal cell more oval, with an apex clearly separated from the wing's anterior margin.
Nomada species have a marginal cell pointed following the wing's anterior margin.
  • Epeoloides - Melecta & Thyreus
Epeoloides species have a scutellum without tooth or crest, red markings on the metasoma in the female, and a metasoma orange in the male.
Melecta and Thyreus species have a scutellum with two teeth or flat with an apical crest, and are mostly black with white pilosity.
General comments on Epeoloides species identification
The genus Epeoloides is represented by a single species in Europe.
Epeoloides species found in Europe (UICN 2014 + Rasmont et al. 2017)
Epeoloides (Epeoloides) coecutiens (Fabricius, 1775)
Online resources:
Atlas hymenoptera (World & Belgium)
Discover Life (World)
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
Page contributors:
  • Adrien Perrard (Dec. 2019)

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References used to write this page:
  • Michener, C.D. 2007. The Bees of the World, 2nd Edition. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  • Michez D., Rasmont P., Terzo, M., Vereecken, N. 2019. Abeilles d'Europes. Hymenoptères d'Europes, Volume 1. N.A.P. Editions.
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