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]

Biastes
Biastes brevicornis (male)
Biastes brevicornis (male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Neolarrini
Genus: Biastes
Panzer, 1806

Subgenera and species edit

  • Subgenus Melittoxena Morawitz, 1876
  • Subgenus Neopasites Ashmead, 1898

References edit

  1. ^ "Biastes Panzer, 1806". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  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