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Species Melitoma marginella - Margined Turret Bee

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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 (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Emphorini (Chimney or Turret Bees)
Genus Melitoma
Species marginella (Margined Turret Bee)
Explanation of Names
Melitoma marginella Cresson, 1872
Range
c. TX to C. Amer. - Map (Discover Life)
Food
Recorded on Ipomoea. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.