Microsphecodes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Halictidae
Subfamilia: Halictinae
Tribus: Halictini
Genus: Microsphecodes
Subgenera (2): Baeosphecodes – Microsphecodes

Species (8): M. dominicanus – M. kathleenae – M. kittensis – M. russeiclypeatus – M. solitarius – M. thoracicus – M. trichommus – M. truncaticaudus

[Source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist]

Add (2): M. stenochorus – M. xaymacensis
Name

Microsphecodes Eickwort & Stage, 1972
Original status: valid subgenus

Primary references

Eickwort, G.C.; Stage, G.I. 1972: A new subgenus of Neotropical Sphecodes cleptoparasitic upon Dialictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Halictinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 45(4): 500–515. JSTOR Reference page. [501]

References

Engel, M.S. 2013. A new species of Microsphecodes from Peru, with notes on the classification of the genus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of Melittology 24: 1–9. DOI: 10.17161/jom.v0i24.4642 Open access. Reference page.