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Subgenus Simandrena

Striped Bee on Claytonia - Andrena nasonii - female

Andrena feeding on claytonia - Andrena nasonii - female

Nason's Mining Bee in New Brunswick, Canada - Andrena nasonii

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 Simandrena

Explanation of Names

Simandrena Pérez 1890

Numbers

10 spp. in our area, 46 spp. total(1)

Range

holarctic, more diverse in Eurasia; in our area, all 10 spp. occur in the US, 5 range into Canada and 2 into Mexico(1)

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 7 December, 2009 - 2:49pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 May, 2023 - 8:55pm

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