Emphorini

Life-forms

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

Familia: Apidae
Subfamilia: Apinae
Tribus: Emphorini
Genera: Alepidosceles – Ancyloscelis – Diadasia – Diadasina – Meliphilopsis – Melitoma – Melitomella – Ptilothrix – Toromelissa
Name

Emphorini Robertson, 1904
References

Robertson, 1904: pp. 142-158 in Moure, J.S., Urban, D. & Melo, G.A.R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, xiv + 1058 pp.
Roig Alsina, A. 1999: Sinopsis genérica de la tribu Emphorini, con la descripción de tres nuevos géneros (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Physis, Sec. C, Buenos Aires, 56: 17–25.

The Emphorini are a tribe of apid bees.
Genera

Alepidosceles Moure, 1947
Diadasia Patton, 1879
Diadasina Moure, 1950
Diadasina (Diadasina)
Diadasina (Leptometriella) Roig-Alsina, 1998
Meliphilopsis Roig-Alsina, 1994
Melitoma Lepeletier and Serville, 1828
Melitomella Roig-Alsina, 1998
Ptilothrix Smith 1853
Toromelissa Roig-Alsina, 1998

References

Robertson, Charles (1904). "Synopsis of Anthophila". The Canadian Entomologist. 36 (2): 37–43. doi:10.4039/Ent3637-2.

Further reading
Michener, Charles D. (1997). "Genus-Group Names of Bees and Supplemental Family-Group Names". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas. 1: 62–63.
Michener, Charles D. (2007). "Tribe Emphorini". The Bees of the World (2nd ed.). Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 700–706. ISBN 978-0-8018-8573-0.