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Subgenus Macrotera

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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
Explanation of Names
Macrotera Smith 1853
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 6 total(1)
Range
NM‒TX & Mexico(1)
Food
pollen of Opuntia sp. only
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 14 February, 2021 - 9:56pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 13 March, 2024 - 6:13pm

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