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Hesperapis
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Hesperapis

Hesperapis is a genus of bees in the family Melittidae. There are at least 30 described species in Hesperapis. The genus is very uncommon. Its abdomen is flattened and its integument or "skin" is soft compared to other groups of bees.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Blazingstar Evening Bees

subgenusXeralictoides

Carinapis

subgenusCarinapis

Panurgomia

subgenusPanurgomia

Zacesta

subgenusZacesta

Amblyapis

subgenusAmblyapis

Disparapis

subgenusDisparapis

Hesperapis

subgenusHesperapis

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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 177889.