Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

Species Perdita rhois

Could this be Perdita rhois? - Perdita rhois Fairy Bee - Perdita rhois - male Perdita? - Perdita rhois Perdita? - Perdita rhois Perdita rhois? - Perdita rhois Perdita rhois? - Perdita rhois Perdita rhois? - Perdita rhois Perdita rhois? - Perdita rhois
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Andrenidae (Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees)
Subfamily Panurginae (Panurgine Bees)
Tribe Panurgini (Fairy Bees and Allies)
Subtribe Perditina (Fairy and Goblin Bees)
Genus Perdita (Fairy Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Perdita)
No Taxon (ventralis species group)
Species rhois (Perdita rhois)
Range
West
Discover Life Global Mapper
Food
A polylectic species, gathering pollen from a variety of plants, including Adenostoma (Rosaceae), according to Dr. John S. Ascher. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References