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Species Perdita rhois

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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 Andrenidae (Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees)
Subfamily Panurginae (Panurgine Bees)
Tribe Panurgini (Fairy Bees and Allies)
Subtribe Perditina (Fairy and Goblin Bees)
Genus Perdita (Fairy Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Perdita)
No Taxon (ventralis species group)
Species rhois (Perdita rhois)
Range
West
Discover Life Global Mapper
Food
A polylectic species, gathering pollen from a variety of plants, including Adenostoma (Rosaceae), according to Dr. John S. Ascher. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 30 April, 2007 - 11:59pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, hg
Last updated 4 March, 2014 - 10:22pm

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