Alcidamea

Classical mythographic sources provided in the supplied notes do not give an origin story or narrative account for Alcidamea herself; she is attested only in genealogical context as the partner of Hermes and mother of Bunus/Bounos within Corinthian local legend. Separately, in modern scientific nomenclature the name Alcidamea was applied by Cresson (1864) as a subgeneric taxon within the bee genus Hoplitis; the entomological literature treats this as a technical taxon name rather than a narrative origin for the mythic figure.

The classical excerpts and reference entries cite no physical description of Alcidamea as a woman beyond her identification in genealogical lists. The sources emphasize her role as consort of Hermes and mother of Bunus but do not record appearance, attributes, or iconography. In entomological contexts, Alcidamea denotes a subgenus of Hoplitis bees; provided sources note ecological and nesting characters for species placed in this subgenus (e.g., nesting in pithy stems, brood cells described as "like conifer cones" for H. curvipes) but do not offer a single composite morphological description in the supplied fragments.

Mythic sources record no supernatural powers, actions, or behaviors for Alcidamea beyond her genealogical role as mother of Bunus and partner of Hermes. In the taxonomic literature, species assigned to Hoplitis (Alcidamea) exhibit natural-life behaviors: many nest in pithy stems, construct brood cells with distinctive structure (noted in at least one species), and have host–parasite records in mite literature; these are biological behaviors of bees and not attributes of a mythic person.