''Brachynomada'' is a genus of
cuckoo bee
The term cuckoo bee is used for a variety of different bee lineages which have evolved the kleptoparasitism, kleptoparasitic behaviour of laying their eggs in the nests of other bees, reminiscent of the behavior of cuckoo birds. The name is perhap ...
s in the family
Apidae
Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for ...
. There are about 17 described species in ''Brachynomada''.
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Species
These 17 species belong to the genus ''Brachynomada'':
* '' Brachynomada annectens'' (Snelling & Rozen, 1987)
* '' Brachynomada argentina'' Holmberg, 1886
* '' Brachynomada bigibbosa'' (Friese, 1908)
* '' Brachynomada cearensis'' (Ducke, 1911)
* '' Brachynomada chacoensis'' Holmberg, 1886
* '' Brachynomada chica'' (Snelling & Rozen, 1987)
* '' Brachynomada grindeliae'' (Cockerell, 1903)
* '' Brachynomada margaretae'' (Rozen, 1994)
* ''Brachynomada melanantha
''Brachynomada'' is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae
Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumbleb ...
'' (Linsley, 1939)
* '' Brachynomada nimia'' (Snelling & Rozen, 1987)
* '' Brachynomada roigella'' (Michener, 1996)
* '' Brachynomada roigi'' Rozen, 1994
* '' Brachynomada scotti'' Rozen, 1997
* '' Brachynomada sidaefloris'' (Cockerell, 1898)
* '' Brachynomada subminiata'' Cockerell
* '' Brachynomada thoracica'' (Friese, 1908)
* '' Brachynomada tomentifera'' (Ducke, 1907)
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