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Species Townsendiella rufiventris

another cuckoo bee - Townsendiella rufiventris Small, short-hairy, & cuckoo bee-like...with red abdomen & black elsewhere - Townsendiella rufiventris Very small, short white-hairy cuckoo bee...with red abdomen & mostly black elsewhere - Townsendiella rufiventris Small, short-hairy, & cuckoo bee-like...with red abdomen & black elsewhere - Townsendiella rufiventris
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 Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Nomadinae (Cuckoo Bees)
Tribe Townsendiellini
Genus Townsendiella
Species rufiventris (Townsendiella rufiventris)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Townsendiella (Xeropasites) rufiventris Linsley, 1942
Explanation of Names
Townsendiella rufiventris Linsley, 1942
rufiventris = from the Latin rūfi ('red') + ventris ('belly, venter')
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