Sphecodes

TaxID: 88591

Basic Information

Sphecodes

Blood Bees

Sphecodes is a genus of cuckoo bees from the family Halictidae, the majority of which are black and red in colour and are colloquially known as blood bees. Sphecodes bees are kleptoparasitic on ground-nesting bees, especially bees in the genera Lasioglossum, Halictus and Andrena. The adults consume nectar, but because they use other bees' provisions to feed their offspring they do not collect pollen.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hymenoptera

Halictidae

Sphecodes

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Vladimir Bryukhov@BY-NC
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(c) Pierre Chevillard@BY
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(c) Zdeňka Nováková@BY-NC
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(c) Stefan@BY-NC
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(c) Pierre Chevillard@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR13061846 Dufour's gland_rep1 female - 31589045 USA: field near Essex Steel building, Cortland, NY.
ERR9434991 - - male 19653785 -
ERR11641104 - - female 35405192 -

DNA Barcodes (2166 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ZPLGP051-24 BOLD:AAD5232 COI-5P 628 Italy 2023-06-16 46.179, 9.888
ZPLGP035-24 BOLD:AGG3925 COI-5P 615 Italy 2023-06-18 46.174, 9.861
ZPLGP002-24 BOLD:AAN0084 COI-5P 631 Italy 2023-08-21 46.174, 9.896
WFEN4316-24 BOLD:AAD0332 COI-5P 655 United Kingdom - 52.3094, 0.2934
WFEN10500-25 BOLD:AAD0332 COI-5P 658 United Kingdom 2025-07-25 52.3094, 0.2934
WASPS738-16 BOLD:ACE8300 COI-5P 658 Canada 2014-06-28 49.772, -106.775
WASPS442-14 BOLD:AAC4411 COI-5P 625 Canada 2014-08-08 49.106, -119.651
WASPS371-14 BOLD:AAD5225 COI-5P 658 Canada 2013-06-25 49.293, -105.015
WASPS2373-22 BOLD:AFO8882 COI-5P 428 Canada 2020-07-14 49.07, -120.916
WASPS2335-22 BOLD:AFO8882 COI-5P 564 Canada 2021-07-11 49.066, -120.915
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Literature