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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 » Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees (Andrenidae) » Panurgine Bees (Panurginae) » Protandrenine Bees (Protandrenini) » Anthemurgus NEEDS UPDATING to Protandrena (Anthemurgus) (Anthemurgus) » Anthemurgus passiflorae

Species Anthemurgus passiflorae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References
anthemurgus passiflorae??? - Anthemurgus passiflorae - male Anthemurgus passiflorae - female Anthemurgus passiflorae - male Passionflower Bee: Anthemurgus passiflorae - Anthemurgus passiflorae - male - female Anthemurgus passiflorae Small bees on Passiflora lutea - Anthemurgus passiflorae Small bees on Passiflora lutea - Anthemurgus passiflorae Passion Flower Bee - Anthemurgus passiflorae
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 (Anthemurgus NEEDS UPDATING to Protandrena (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
e. US - Discover Life Map
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
Discover Life
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 9 December, 2009 - 9:53am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, hg
Last updated 7 September, 2015 - 6:31pm

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