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Species Centris pallida - Pallid Bee

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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 (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Long-horned, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Centridini (Centridine Bees)
Genus Centris (Centris Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Paracentris)
Species pallida (Pallid Bee)
Range
West. Discover Life Map.
Food
Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Remarks
"puts on spectacular displays of mating behavior in the spring around nests in desert washes in Arizona" (Fact sheet)
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 28 April, 2009 - 12:35pm
Additional contributions by v belov, H. Go
Last updated 22 February, 2014 - 12:32pm

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