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Subgenus Lophanthophora

Anthophora (Lophanthophora) - Anthophora - male Black Bee - Anthophora pacifica - female Hairy-footed Flower Bee? - Anthophora pacifica Bee - Anthophora Bee - Anthophora Unknown - Anthophora ursina Bee - Anthophora - male Anthophorine with white face - Anthophora ursina
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)
Genus Anthophora (Digger Bees)
No Taxon Subgenus Lophanthophora
Numbers
8 spp. in our area, the rest in the Old World (33 spp. total)(1)
Range
holarctic, most diverse in the Mediterranean; in our area, all occur west of the Mississippi River, except for the transcontinental A. pacifica, which is also the only sp. ranging into Canada (so. BC)(1)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 16 November, 2009 - 10:19am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 November, 2011 - 3:20pm

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