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Species Macrotera texana

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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 Macrotera (Goblin Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Macrotera)
Species texana (Macrotera texana)
Explanation of Names
Macrotera texana Cresson, 1878
Range
sc US - Map (Discover Life)
Season
Apr-Jun (BG data),(GBIF)
Print References
Cresson, E.T. 1878. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 7: 61-136.
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 6 September, 2017 - 7:43pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, PaleoJon
Last updated 13 December, 2021 - 3:55pm

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