Triepeolus lunatus is a species of cuckoo bee in the family Apidae. It is found in North America from Canada to northern Mexico.[1][2] Triepeolus lunatus tends to live in forest edges and meadows. [3]

Triepeolus lunatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Triepeolus
Species:
T. lunatus
Binomial name
Triepeolus lunatus
(Say, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Triepeolus lunatus concolor (Robertson, 1898)
  • Triepeolus nautlanus Cockerell, 1904
Smiley face pattern on thorax

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Triepeolus lunatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Triepeolus lunatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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