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Subfamily Panurginae

Classification · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Small bees and pillows? - Perdita interrupta - male - female Bee Unknown - Perdita octomaculata - female Panurginus cressoniellus? (Andrenidae) on Pikes Peak - Panurginus - female Species Perdita octomaculata - Perdita octomaculata - female Colletes? - Calliopsis Cuck*oo Bee? No, Mining Bee - Calliopsis 6026135 Halictid? - Perdita small bee - Panurginus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Andrenidae (Mining Bees)
Subfamily Panurginae
Identification
They are usually smaller, less hairy than Andreninae and, sometimes have yellow or cream coloured markings on all tagmata.
Apex of marginal cell truncate, and usuallly only two submarginal cells.
Range
Discover Life Global Map for genera occurring in North America
Season
most are univoltine and have a short flight season
Food
most are specialists, collecting pollen from a single plant taxon
Remarks
Most species belong to the genus Perdita
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Valdosta. Key to Florida's tribes of Panurginae.
Works Cited
1.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 9 November, 2005 - 4:55pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher
Last updated 29 December, 2007 - 5:19pm

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