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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Tribe Ammobatini

Perdita (?) - Oreopasites Neopasites ? - Oreopasites Neopasites ? - Oreopasites Oreopasites ? - Oreopasites Oreopasites barbarae F - Oreopasites barbarae - female Oreopasites barbarae M - Oreopasites barbarae - male Tiny - Oreopasites Oreopasites - 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 Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Nomadinae (Cuckoo Bees)
Tribe Ammobatini
Explanation of Names
Ammobatini Handlirsch 1925
Numbers
10 spp. in our area (all Oreopasites), 125 spp. in 8 genera worldwide (50 spp. in Ammobates alone)(1)
Range
mostly the Mediterranean, Middle East, & Africa; in our area, w. half of the US, mostly southwest(1)