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Townsendiella pulchra
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Shaun Michael
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Townsendiella pulchra
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Granite Mountains Research Station, San Bernardino County, California, USA
May 9, 2007
Ashmeadiella?
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Contributed by
Shaun Michael
on 9 May, 2016 - 4:23pm
Last updated 20 May, 2016 - 1:38am
Moved
Moved from
Cuckoo Bees
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John S. Ascher
, 20 May, 2016 - 1:38am
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John S. Ascher
, 9 May, 2016 - 7:42pm
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Cuckoo Bee
The antennae seem to extend from low on the face. Maybe this is a bee in the genus
Holcopasites
, I'm not sure which one.
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Bob Biagi
, 9 May, 2016 - 6:27pm
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not that tribe
I think this is Townsendiella pulchra, a cleptoparasite of Hesperapis larreae
Here is the revision of the genus: http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6443
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John S. Ascher
, 9 May, 2016 - 7:41pm
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