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Tribe Anthophorini - Digger Bees

Habropoda: Bee - Habropoda depressa - female Anthophorine Bee - Anthophora abrupta Dune digging bee - Habropoda miserabilis - male - female Anthophorine Bee - Anthophora Bee foraging on Ribes cereum V3 - Anthophora American Bumblebee? - Anthophora abrupta California Digger Bee - Anthophora californica Diadasia? - Habropoda cineraria
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 Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Anthophorini (Digger Bees)
Explanation of Names
Anthophorini Dahlbom 1835
Numbers
68 spp. in 2 genera in our area, ~770 spp. in 7 genera worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide, but very few in the Neotropics(1)
Remarks
"Nests of Anthophorini are burrows in the soil, either in banks or in flat ground, with the exception of Anthophora subgenus Clisodon, which nests in rotten wood or pithy stems."(2)
Internet References
Fact sheet
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.The Bees of the World, 2nd edition
Charles D. Michener. 2007. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Contributed by Joel Kits on 16 April, 2005 - 8:47pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 23 October, 2023 - 8:57am

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