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Common Longhorn Bee (Melissodes communis) (F) ? - Anthophora urbana - female
Copyright © 2020 Roger Gray

Common Longhorn Bee (Melissodes communis) (F) ? - Anthophora urbana - Female
Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
July 9, 2020
Size: 4-6 mm
#3 of 3 Single individual @ 912 ft elev. on Salvia coahuilensis; 1-3 sec. pause, per flower, nectar "robbing." c. 9:00 AM Lat/Lon 34.161xxx -118.138xxx. (iPhone8, fixed focus; cropped for size limit.)

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Common Longhorn Bee (Melissodes communis) (F) ? - Anthophora urbana - female Common Longhorn Bee (Melissodes communis) (F) ? - Anthophora urbana - female Common Longhorn Bee (Melissodes communis) (F) ? - Anthophora urbana - female
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Contributed by Roger Gray on 9 July, 2020 - 11:42am
Last updated 11 July, 2020 - 10:42pm

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 11 July, 2020 - 10:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Confused
As a purely amateur grassroots-science kinda guy, I may just be confused by the taxonomic structure or some of the terms. This individual was interspersed with what are (to my eye) clearly a male Melissodes spp. (very long antennae; see https://bugguide.net/node/view/1853392 (same location, time) ). . They are very similar, BUT this individual has shorter antenna and fuzzier scopa than 1853392 . . . Still, I understood that this was characteristic dimorphism for female M. communis (shorter ant. and more robust scopa hairs).

Also, Cf., https://bugguide.net/node/view/1853392 (Mellisodes communis (F)). to #2 of 3 of this individual. The green eye and very robust scopa are very similar. (?)


Is there another diagnostic trait that identifies this as something else?
… Roger Gray, 12 July, 2020 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Zuparko, 11 July, 2020 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

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