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

Species Anthophora villosula - Asian Shaggy Digger

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References
Bee - Anthophora villosula - male Bee - Anthophora villosula Bee (Anthophora villosula?) - Anthophora villosula - female Small Fast Bee 2 - Anthophora villosula Small Fast Bee 3 - Anthophora villosula Digger Bee Specimen (?) - Anthophora villosula - male bumblebee - Anthophora villosula - female 'Digger Bee' on Mertensia - Anthophora villosula
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 Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Anthophorini (Digger Bees)
Genus Anthophora (Diggers)
No Taxon (Subgenus Anthophora)
Species villosula (Asian Shaggy Digger)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Has been considered conspecific with Anthophora plumipes.
Explanation of Names
Author: Smith, 1854
Range
Native to East Asia including China, Japan, and Korea.
Season
Spring
Print References
Conservation Genetics paper
Internet References
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Contributed by John S. Ascher on 13 March, 2016 - 5:40am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 5 December, 2017 - 11:00pm

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