Biastes (bee)

Biastes is a genus of cuckoo bees belonging to the family Apidae. Its constituency has been expanded to include species formerly treated in the genus Neopasites, now a subgenus within Biastes.

Subgenera and species

• Subgenus Biastes s.s.
• Biastes brevicornis <small>(Panzer, 1798)</small>
• Biastes emarginatus <small>(Schenck, 1853)</small>

• Subgenus Melittoxena Morawitz, 1876

• Biastes popovi <small>Proshchalykin and Lelej, 2004</small>
• Biastes schmidti <small>Heinrich, 1977</small>
• Biastes truncatus <small>(Nylander, 1848)</small>

• Subgenus Neopasites Ashmead, 1898

• Biastes cressoni <small>(Crawford, 1916)</small>
• Biastes fulviventris <small>(Cresson, 1878)</small>
• Biastes mojavensis <small>(Linsley, 1943)</small>
• Biastes sierrae <small>(Linsley, 1943)</small>
• Biastes timberlakei <small>(Linsley, 1943)</small>

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