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Species Anthemurgus passiflorae

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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 Panurginae (Panurgine Bees)
Tribe Protandrenini (Protandrenine Bees)
Genus Anthemurgus
Species passiflorae (Anthemurgus passiflorae)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: Pseudopanurgus passiflorae
Explanation of Names
Anthemurgus passiflorae Robertson 1902
Size
Female: 7 mm. Male: 7 mm.
Range
Season
Spring
Food
only forages on Passiflora lutea per Holland and Lanza (2008) - host range per USDA
Print References
Holland, J.B. and J. Lanza. 2008. Geographic Variation in the Pollination Biology of Passiflora lutea (Passifloraceae). Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 62: 32-36. Full PDF
Neff, J.L., and J.G. Rozen, Jr. 1995. Foraging and nesting biology of the bee Anthemurgus passiflorae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), descriptions of its immature stages, and observations on its floral host (Passifloraceae). American Museum Novitates no. 3138: 19 pp.
Internet References