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Species Andrena palpalis

Robust looking bee - Andrena palpalis - 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 Andrenidae (Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees)

Subfamily Andreninae (Mining Bees)

Genus Andrena

No Taxon (Subgenus Belandrena)

Species palpalis (Andrena palpalis)

Explanation of Names

Author: Timberlake, 1951

Size

Female 9-10 mm. Male 7-10 mm.

Range

West

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Season

Spring

Food

Includes Phacelia especially blue-colored species. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.

Internet References

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Contributed by John S. Ascher on 13 March, 2009 - 4:39pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 16 July, 2021 - 3:48pm

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