Sphecodes Latreille, 1804
(blood bees)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images
Sphecodes ephippius Bare-saddled Blood Bee	Species	11 images
Sphecodes gibbus Dark-winged Blood Bee	Species	9 images
Sphecodes puncticeps Sickle-jawed Blood Bee	Species	4 images

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)

Identification Works

	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)

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

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 26 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sphecodes (blood bees)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Sphecodes is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)