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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Svastra » Subgenus Epimelissodes (Svastra Subgenus Epimelissodes) » Svastra petulca

Species Svastra petulca

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Internet References
Bee on Rosinweed - Svastra petulca - female Fluffy Bee with long tongue - Svastra petulca Svastra - Svastra petulca - female Svastra sp. - Svastra petulca - female Svastra? - Svastra petulca - male Longhorn Bee - Svastra petulca - female Mountain Mint Bee - Svastra petulca - female Mountain Mint Bee - Svastra petulca - 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 Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Eucerini (Longhorn Bees)
Genus Svastra
No Taxon (Subgenus Epimelissodes)
Species petulca (Svastra petulca)
Explanation of Names
Author: (Cresson, 1878)
Size
Female: 12.5-14.5 mm. Male: 11-13 mm.
Range
Discover Life Map
Texas to Kansas, east to Florida and New Jersey.
Season
April to September.
Food
The Flower Records and Hosts sections on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images. Pollen specialist on Asteraceae
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 3 July, 2009 - 12:45pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 27 July, 2021 - 4:17am

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