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:

Epeoloides coecutiens Fabricius, 1775
Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson, 1878)

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

Fish

Of Mouthbrooders	Cuckoo catfish

Of Nestmakers	Pungtungia herzi

Insects

Cuckoo bees	Coelioxys Epeoloides Nomada Bombus (Psithyrus)

Wasps	Cuckoo wasps Ammophila sabulosa Polistes

Lycaenid butterflies	Phengaris alcon Phengaris arion Phengaris rebeli

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