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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Melissodes
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Anthophora? - Melissodes - female
Copyright © 2018 Steven Mlodinow

Anthophora? - Melissodes - Female
Sandstone Ranch Park, Weld County, Colorado, USA
June 23, 2018

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Contributed by Steven Mlodinow on 29 June, 2018 - 1:41pm
Last updated 23 December, 2020 - 8:28pm

Moved
Moved from Longhorn Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 23 December, 2020 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chimney Bees.
… Steven Mlodinow, 8 July, 2018 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Steven Mlodinow, 29 June, 2018 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry
After checking around, I'm not sure that we can rule out all of the Long-horned Bees. I should have recommended placement at the subfamily level, while you wait for an expert. (...definitely a female, since the males have much longer antennae.)
See here: ♀ (Melissodes tristis) The bright blue eyes and the white hairs are very similar. ...and also see here: ♀ (Melissodes or Tetraloniella)
… Bob Biagi, 30 June, 2018 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

Female - Chimney Bee
Did you count the antennae segments? This looks like a female, with very thick hairs on the hind legs. (...maybe Diadasia) The wing veins don't seem to match Anthophora.
The apex of the marginal cell is removed from the costal edge. (on the costal edge in Anthophora) The cross-vein underneath the second sub-marginal cell meets that cell near the apical edge. (near the middle in Anthophora)
… Bob Biagi, 29 June, 2018 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry
Can't quite make out number of segments. Attempt to sort out sex of this individual my error
Steve
… Steven Mlodinow, 29 June, 2018 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

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