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Subgenus Xerophasma

Perdita bequaertiana Cockerell, 1951 HOLOTYPE - Perdita bequaertiana - female dune bee - Perdita dune bee - Perdita dune bee - Perdita
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 Xerophasma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Xerophasma Cockerell 1923
Numbers
5 spp., all in our area(2)
Range
sw.US (CA to CO‒TX) & Mexico(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of Perdita (Xerophasma) Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
Griswold T., Miller W. 2010. Zootaxa 2517: 1–14.
2.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by hg on 9 March, 2016 - 6:16pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 13 March, 2024 - 8:44pm

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