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Genus Protodufourea

Protodufourea eickworti - Protodufourea eickworti - female Protodufourea eickworti Protodufourea eickworti Protodufourea eickworti Protodufourea eickworti - female
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 Halictidae (Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees)
Subfamily Rophitinae (Short-faced Bees and Allies)
Genus Protodufourea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Protodufourea Timberlake 1955
Numbers
5 spp., all in our area(2)
Range
sw. US into Mexico (map)(2)
Print References
Timberlake P.H. (1955) A new genus for two new species of dufoureine bees from California. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 31: 105‒108. Full text
Works Cited
1.A revision of the rophitine genus Protodufourea (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
Bohart G.E., Griswold T. 1996. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 69: 177‒184.
2.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 18 June, 2008 - 7:21pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, John S. Ascher, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 13 March, 2024 - 9:10pm

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