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Species Anthophora pacifica

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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 Anthophorini (Anthophorine Bees)
Genus Anthophora
No Taxon (Subgenus Lophanthophora)
Species pacifica (Anthophora pacifica)
Range
Western. Discover Life Map.
Food
Visits flowers from several families. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Life Cycle
This species overwinters as unemerged adults in their cells, instead as prepupae. (Brooks, 1988; cited in Michener, 2007)
Print References
(1)

Brooks, R. W. 1988. Systematics and phylogeny of the anthophorine bees. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 53: 436-575.
Internet References
Discover Life
Works Cited
1.The Bees of the World, 2nd edition
Charles D. Michener. 2007. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 12 April, 2010 - 11:25pm
Additional contributions by H. Go
Last updated 28 March, 2014 - 11:51pm

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