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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Digger Bees (Anthophorini) » Digger Bees (Anthophora) » Subgenus Melea (Anthophora Subgenus Melea) » Anthophora bomboides

Species Anthophora bomboides

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References
Anthophorid too? - Anthophora bomboides Bee on Milkweed - Anthophora bomboides from Victoria - Anthophora bomboides - female Orange Bumble? - Anthophora bomboides Bee or predator species? - Anthophora bomboides Anthophora bomboides - male Anthophora bomboides? - Anthophora bomboides Anthophora bomboides
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 Anthophorini (Digger Bees)
Genus Anthophora (Digger Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Melea)
Species bomboides (Anthophora bomboides)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anthophora canadensis; Anthophora sodalis; Anthophora insularis; Anthophora solitaria; Anthophora stanfordiana; Anthophora fumipennis; Anthophora scutellaris; Anthophora raui; Anthophora aterrima
Range
From Alaska to Nova Scotia, south to California and (in mountains) to Georgia. Widespread across North America. Discover Life Map.
Season
June to August.
Food
Visits flowers from several families. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Print References
Nininger, N. N. (1920). Notes on the life history of Anthophora stanfordiana. Psyche 27(6): 135-137. (Full Text)
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 10 May, 2007 - 10:23pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Domingo Zungri, John S. Ascher, Aaron Schusteff, JohnMaxwell22, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 12 October, 2021 - 6:31pm

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