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Genus Megandrena

Mining Bee in Flower - Megandrena enceliae - male Megandrena enceliae male - Megandrena enceliae - male Megandrena enceliae - male Megandrena enceliae male - Megandrena enceliae - male Fuzzy bee - Megandrena enceliae Another possibly hopeless front-view-only bee photo - Megandrena enceliae Mining Bees on Hedgehog Cactus - Megandrena enceliae - male Mining Bees on Hedgehog Cactus - Megandrena enceliae - male
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 Megandrena
Explanation of Names
Author: Cockerell
Numbers
2 spp. in 2 subgenera, both in our area(1)
Range
sw. US (map)(1)