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poor shape - Townsendiella pulchra - male
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poor shape - Townsendiella pulchra - Male
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.
… John S. Ascher, 20 May, 2016 - 1:38am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 9 May, 2016 - 7:42pm

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.
… Bob Biagi, 9 May, 2016 - 6:27pm

 
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
… John S. Ascher, 9 May, 2016 - 7:41pm

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