Biastes (bee)

Biastes is a genus of cuckoo bees belonging to the family Apidae. Its constituency has been expanded to include species formerly treated in the genus Neopasites, now a subgenus within Biastes.

Subgenera and species

 * Subgenus Biastes s.s.
 * Biastes brevicornis (Panzer, 1798)
 * Biastes emarginatus (Schenck, 1853)


 * Subgenus Melittoxena Morawitz, 1876


 * Biastes popovi Proshchalykin and Lelej, 2004
 * Biastes schmidti Heinrich, 1977
 * Biastes truncatus (Nylander, 1848)


 * Subgenus Neopasites Ashmead, 1898


 * Biastes cressoni (Crawford, 1916)
 * Biastes fulviventris (Cresson, 1878)
 * Biastes mojavensis (Linsley, 1943)
 * Biastes sierrae (Linsley, 1943)
 * Biastes timberlakei (Linsley, 1943)