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Species Andrena nuda

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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 Andreninae (Mining Bees)
Genus Andrena
No Taxon (Subgenus Trachandrena)
Species nuda (Andrena nuda)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Andrena (Trachandrena) davisiana Viereck and Cockerell, 1914
Andrena (Trachandrena) pseudobscura Mitchell, 1960
Explanation of Names
Author of species is Robertson, 1891. Named for the largely hairless scutum of the female.
Size
Female: 10 mm. Male: 8 mm.
Range
Colorado to New York, south to Georgia.
Season
March to June.
Food
Visits flowers from several families. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
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