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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 » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Short-faced Bees and Allies (Rophitinae) » Micralictoides » Micralictoides ruficaudus

Species Micralictoides ruficaudus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Small bee - Micralictoides ruficaudus - female Small bee - Micralictoides ruficaudus - female Micralictoides ruficaudus - female Micralictoides ruficaudus - female Micralictoides ruficaudus - female Micralictoides ruficaudus - female Micralictoides ruficaudus - female Micralictoides ruficaudus - 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 Halictidae (Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees)
Subfamily Rophitinae (Short-faced Bees and Allies)
Genus Micralictoides
Species ruficaudus (Micralictoides ruficaudus)
Explanation of Names
Author: Michener, 1937
ruficaudus = from the Latin rūfī ('red, reddish, ruddy') + cauda ('tail')
Identification
Red-tailed. Low position of antennal bases
Range
California
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Food
Specialist on poppy. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Print References
Bohart, G.E., and T.L. Griswold. 1987. A revision of the dufoureine genus Micralictoides Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 63: 178-193. (1)
Internet References
Discover Life
Works Cited
1.A revision of the dufoureine genus Micralictoides Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
Bohart, G.E., and T.L. Griswold. 1987. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 63: 178-193.
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 27 May, 2011 - 7:04am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 17 August, 2021 - 9:23pm

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