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Subgenus Opandrena, formerly included in Holandrena

Bee, for Ron - Andrena cressonii - female

Andrenidae, face - Andrena cressonii - male

male mining bee - Andrena cressonii - 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 Andrena

No Taxon Subgenus Opandrena, formerly included in Holandrena

Explanation of Names

Opandrena Robertson 1902

Numbers

4 spp. in our area, 18 spp. total(1)

Range

holarctic, more diverse in the Old World; in our area, 1 sp. transcontinental in the US and adjacent Canada + 3 in sw. US(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 - 3:05pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 May, 2023 - 12:50pm

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