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Species Svastra obliqua

Bee - Svastra obliqua Bee ID - Svastra obliqua Svastra obliqua ? - Svastra obliqua - female Sunflower Bee - Svastra obliqua - female Unidentified bee on Vernonia - Svastra obliqua Bumble Bee? - Svastra obliqua Svastra on sunflower - Svastra obliqua Large, stout bee: Svastra? - Svastra obliqua - female
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 Eucerini (Longhorn Bees)
Genus Svastra
No Taxon (Subgenus Epimelissodes)
Species obliqua (Svastra obliqua)
Other Common Names
Sunflower Longhorn Bee, but this name creates confusion with other principle sunflower bees in subgenus Eumelissodes, such as Melissodes agilis, and also with species with sunflower-associated specific epithets such as Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) helianthorum. Oblique Longhorn Bee may be a viable replacement.
Explanation of Names
Author: (Say, 1837)
Range
Discover Life Map
DE-MD-NJ-NY-VA
Season
Summer
Food
The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images. Pollen specialist on Asteraceae.
Internet References
Discover Life
EoL
Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 10 May, 2007 - 11:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Lynette Elliott, John S. Ascher, v belov, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 27 July, 2021 - 4:26am

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