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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Wool-carder, Resin, Pebble, and Allied Bees (Anthidiini) » Trachusa » Subgenus Trachusomimus (Trachusa Subgenus Trachusomimus) » Trachusa perdita

Species Trachusa perdita

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Internet References
Megachilidae in California - Trachusa perdita - male Megachilidae in California - Trachusa perdita - male Megachilidae in California - Trachusa perdita - male Megachilidae in California - Trachusa perdita - male Aculeata; Megachillidae; Trachusa perdita - Trachusa perdita - female Aculeata; Megachillidae; Trachusa perdita - Trachusa perdita - female
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 Megachilidae (Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies)
Subfamily Megachilinae (Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives)
Tribe Anthidiini (Wool-carder, Resin, Pebble, and Allied Bees)
Genus Trachusa
No Taxon (Subgenus Trachusomimus)
Species perdita (Trachusa perdita)
Explanation of Names
Author of species is Cockerell, 1904.

The most common and earliest described of the two Californian species in this subgenus
Range
California and Mexico
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Food
The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 20 May, 2009 - 10:20pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 4 June, 2021 - 6:03pm

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