Genus Anthophora

Greek: anthos (ανθος)- flower + phoros (φορος)- "bearing", or perhaps phora (φορα)- "that which is borne".

Author of genus name: Latreille 1803.

Nearctica lists 55 species.

According to Valdosta U Florida Bees: "First recurrent vein joining second submarginal cell near middle; third submarginal cell subquadrate, with front and rear margins of about equal length, and basal and distal margins of about equal length; male gonostylus usually less than one-third as long as gonocoxite, often not double, sometimes reduced to almost nothing"

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