Epeoloides

Epeoloides

Epeoloides coecutiens ♀
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Tribe:	Osirini
Genus:	Epeoloides Giraud, 1863
Species
Epeoloides coecutiens Epeoloides pilosulus
Synonyms
Viereckella Swenk, 1907

Epeoloides is a genus of kleptoparasitic bees which lay their eggs in the nests of melittid bees of the genus Macropis.

Consists of two species:

Brood parasite

Birds

Anseriformes	Black-headed duck

Passeriformes	Cowbird Cuckoo-finch Viduidae Shiny cowbird Brown-headed cowbird Screaming cowbird Giant cowbird Bronzed cowbird

Cuculiformes	Common cuckoo Striped cuckoo Pheasant cuckoo Asian koel Jacobin cuckoo Indian cuckoo Diederik cuckoo Great spotted cuckoo

Piciformes	Honeyguide Thick-billed honeyguide Greater honeyguide

Cuckoo bees	Coelioxys Epeoloides Nomada Bombus (Psithyrus)

Wasps	Cuckoo wasps Ammophila sabulosa Polistes

Lycaenid butterflies	Phengaris alcon Phengaris arion Phengaris rebeli

Taxon identifiers	EoL: 104169 GBIF: 1341849 ITIS: 634104 NCBI: 586972 Fauna Europaea: 232158

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