Stelis (bee)

Genus of bees

Stelis

Stelis costalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Family:  | Megachilidae
Subfamily:  | Megachilinae
Tribe:  | Anthidiini
Genus:  | Stelis
Panzer, 1806

Stelis is a genus of kleptoparasitic cuckoo bees in the family Megachilidae. There are at least 100 described species in Stelis.[1][2]

Stelis lateralis

## Description

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One study of the species Stelis ater found they differed a bit from other thieving bees by being hospicidal (host-killing) at all larval stages, and neither it nor its host larva move much, so it is simply a matter of chance when its growth brings it into contact with the host rather than with just the provisions. This is in contrast to other kleptoparasitic bees which usually have their more mobile first instar larva kill the host larva.[3]

## See also

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* List of Stelis species

## References

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1. ^ "Stelis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
2. ^ "Stelis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
3. ^ Emry, Paige. Our Native Bees. p. 78.

## Further reading

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* Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
* Michener, Charles D. (2000). The Bees of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiv + 913. ISBN 0-8018-6133-0.
* Michener, Charles D. (2007). The Bees of the World. Vol. Second Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xvi + 953. ISBN 978-0-8018-8573-0.
* Sharkey, M.J. (2007). "Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera". Zootaxa. 309: 13–48.
* Hinojosa-Díaz I (2008). "The giant resin bee making its way west: First record in Kansas (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". ZooKeys (1): 67–71\. Bibcode:2008ZooK....1...67H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1.17.
* Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics. 28 (1): 80–112\. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x. PMID 34861753. S2CID 33628659.

## External links

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* Media related to Stelis (Megachilidae) at Wikimedia Commons

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Brood parasites

Birds|

| Anseriformes|

* Black-headed duck

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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
* Channel-billed cuckoo

Piciformes|

* Honeyguide
* Lesser honeyguide
* Greater honeyguide

Fish|

| Of Mouthbrooders|

* Cuckoo catfish

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Of Nestmakers|

* Pungtungia herzi

Insects|

| Cuckoo bees|

* Aglae
* Coelioxys
* Dioxyini
* Ericrocidini
* Euaspis
* Exaerete
* Isepeolini
* Melectini
* Nomadinae
* Osirini
* Protepeolini
* Rhathymini
* Bombus (Psithyrus)
* Sphecodes
* Stelis

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Wasps|

* Ammophila sabulosa
* Ceropalinae
* Cuckoo wasps
* Cuckoo paper wasps
* Dolichovespula adulterina
* Nyssonini
* Sapygidae
* Stizoides
* Vespula austriaca
* Vespula infernalis
* Vespula squamosa

Lycaenid butterflies|

* Phengaris alcon
* Phengaris arion
* Phengaris rebeli

Taxon identifiers

Stelis|

* Wikidata: Q4050095
* Wikispecies: Stelis (Animalia)
* BOLD: 4952
* BugGuide: 69737
* CoL: 645WT
* EoL: 15790
* Fauna Europaea: 233422
* Fauna Europaea (new): ab256e4d-4d11-4530-a792-23915eed256b
* GBIF: 1334181
* iNaturalist: 127831
* Insecta.pro: 924685
* IRMNG: 1293873
* ITIS: 154373
* NBN: NHMSYS0000876707
* NCBI: 216413
* Open Tree of Life: 527806
* Paleobiology Database: 179966

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