Sphecodes Latreille, 1804
(blood bees)

Sphecodes (blood bees) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Sphecodes (blood bees) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Sphecodes crassus Swollen-thighed Blood Bee				Species		2 trophisms
Sphecodes ephippius Bare-saddled Blood Bee				Species		2 trophisms
Sphecodes ferruginatus Dull-headed Blood Bee				Species		2 trophisms
Sphecodes geoffrellus Geoffroy’s Blood Bee				Species		2 trophisms
Sphecodes gibbus Dark-winged Blood Bee				Species		3 trophisms
Sphecodes hyalinatus Furry-bellied Blood Bee				Species		2 trophisms
Sphecodes longulus Little Sickle-jawed Blood Bee				Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Sphecodes miniatus False Margined Blood Bee				Species		2 trophisms
Sphecodes monilicornis Square-headed Blood Bee				Species		2 trophisms
Sphecodes niger Dark Blood Bee				Species		1 trophisms
Sphecodes pellucidus Sandpit Blood Bee				Species		1 trophisms
Sphecodes puncticeps Sickle-jawed Blood Bee				Species		1 trophisms
Sphecodes reticulatus Reticulate Blood Bee				Species		1 trophisms
Sphecodes rubicundus Red-tailed Blood Bee				Species		2 trophisms
Sphecodes scabricollis Rough-backed Blood Bee				Species		1 trophisms
Sphecodes spinulosus Spined Blood Bee				Species		1 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Sphecodes (blood bees)
Subfamily	HALICTINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
Family	HALICTIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
Superfamily	APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Sphecodes is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphecodes (blood bees)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Perkins, R.C.L.	1922	The British Species of Halictus and Sphecodes	Ent. Mon. Mag. 58: 46-52,94-101,167-174.

Sphecodes (blood bees) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sphecodes (blood bees):

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

BioImages

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