Epeolus axillaris

Onuferko, 2018

Epeolus axillaris is a of cuckoo bee described in 2018 by Thomas Onuferko. It belongs to the cleptoparasitic Epeolus, whose members lay in the nests of bees rather than constructing their own nests or collecting pollen. The species is one of fifteen new Epeolus species described from North America in a comprehensive revision of the genus.

Epeolus (10.3897-zookeys.755.23939) Figure 94 by Onuferko TM (2018) A revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus Latreille for Nearctic species, north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 755: 1-185. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.755.23939. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Epeolus axillaris (10.3897-zookeys.755.23939) Figure 18 by Onuferko TM (2018) A revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus Latreille for Nearctic species, north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 755: 1-185. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.755.23939. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Epeolus axillaris: /ɪˈpiːələs ækˈsɪlərɪs/

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Host Associations

Colletes - nest Epeolus are known to parasitize nests of polyester bees in the Colletes

Ecological Role

of ground-nesting bees

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Taxonomic context

Epeolus axillaris was described in the same 2018 revision that produced Epeolus attenboroughi, named for naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The name 'axillaris' likely refers to a morphological feature of the axilla (a thoracic ) or region.

Conservation status

No specific conservation assessment has been conducted for this . As a recently described species with presumably limited known specimens, its status remains undocumented.