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Species Anthophora urbana - Urbane Digger Bee

Anthophora urbana - male Is this Anthophora californica? - Anthophora urbana Anthophorinae - Anthophora urbana - male Anthophora sp.? - Anthophora urbana - female Anthophora? - Anthophora urbana - male Anthophora Pair? - Anthophora urbana - male - female Urbane Digger Bee - Anthophora urbana Bee June 12 - Anthophora urbana
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 Mystacanthophora)
Species urbana (Urbane Digger Bee)
Range
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.
Print References
Torchio, P.F. & Trostle, G.E. (1986). Biological Notes on Anthophora urbana urbana and Its Parasite, Xeromelecta californica (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae), Including Descriptions of Late Embryogenesis and Hatching. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 79(3):434-447 (Full Text)
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