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Genus Dufourea - Short-faced Bees

Halictidae, Rophitini male on Barrel Cactus 27 Mar 2005 Sentenac Cienega - Dufourea echinocacti - male unknown wasp - Dufourea bee with unusual antennae - Dufourea maura - male Bee - Dufourea Dufourea australis on Deinandra fasciculata - Dufourea australis - female Dufourea pulchricornis Dufourea pulchricornis Bee Eating Insect - Dufourea - male
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 Dufourea (Short-faced Bees)
Numbers
72 spp. in our area, ~170 spp. total(1)
Size
3.5 to 11mm(2)
Identification
Low position of antennae and modified hind legs.
Range
Holarctic
Print References
A key to eastern species can be found in Griswold et. al. 2014 (Full Text Here)
A key to the Canadian species can be found in Dumesh and Sheffield 2012 (Full Text Here)