Segmented Turret Bee

Melitoma segmentaria

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae

Melitoma is a genus of chimney bees in the family Apidae. There are about 13 described species in Melitoma. Found in the Nearctic and Neotropics.

Distribution

Segmented Turret Bee — (c) capacoscar, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by capacoscar · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Peru · 12

Sources and credits

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