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Genus Dufourea

Hymenoptera 6.17.09 02 - Dufourea - male Bee - Dufourea marginata - male bee with unusual antennae - Dufourea maura bee with unusual antennae - Dufourea maura - male Unknown bee - Dufourea Insect - Dufourea - male 009 - Dufourea Bee - Dufourea
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 (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Halictidae (Sweat Bees)
Subfamily Rophitinae
Genus Dufourea
Numbers
72 spp. in our area, ~170 spp. total(1)
Identification
Low position of antennae and modified hind legs.
Range
holarctic (map; African locations shown on the map are probably erroneous. =v=)(1)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2016) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 11 December, 2006 - 5:44pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 November, 2011 - 9:51am

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