ctenoplectrids

Noun

ctenoplectrid (plural ctenoplectrids)

1. Any bee of the tribe Ctenoplectrini (especially when the latter is, as formerly by some, regarded as the family Ctenoplectridae).
   • Larval characters should be reanalyzed in light of recent information presented by Michener and Greenberg (1980) that indicates ctenoplectrids are the sister group of the long-tongued bee families (Figure 2).1989, Ronald J. McGinley, A Catalog and Review of Immature Apoidea (Hymenoptera), page 5