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melittid bees
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melittid bees

Melittidae

Melittidae is a small bee family, with over 200 described species in three subfamilies. The family has a limited distribution, with all described species restricted to Africa and the northern temperate zone.

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first

Dasypodainae

subfamilyDasypodainae

Melittinae

subfamilyMelittinae

Meganomiinae

subfamilyMeganomiinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 154651.