Neolarrini is a tribe of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are 5 genera and about 40 described species in Neolarrini, which includes the genera and species formerly included in the deprecated tribes Biastini and Townsendiellini.Bossert, Silas, Copeland, Robert S., Sless, Trevor J. L., Branstetter, Michael G., Gillung, Jessica P., et al. (2020) Phylogenomic and morphological reevaluation of the bee tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with description of three new species of Schwarzia. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 4(6) : 1-29 doi:10.1093/isd/ixaa013Sless, Trevor J.L., Odanaka, K.A., Alva-Caballero L.X., et al. (2025). Expanded phylogeny of Nomadinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with integration of UCE and DNA barcode sequence data. Insect Systematics and Diversity 9(3): 1-9 doi:10.1093/isd/ixaf011
Genera Biastes Panzer, 1806 Neolarra Ashmead, 1890 Rhopalolemma Roig-Alsina, 1991 Schwarzia Eardley, 2009 Townsendiella Crawford, 1916
References
Michener, Charles D. (2000). The Bees of the World, xiv + 913. Michener, Charles D. (2007). The Bees of the World, Second Edition, xvi + 953.
Further reading
External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Biastini