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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 » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Svastra

Genus Svastra

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Bumble Bee - Svastra unknown bee - Svastra obliqua Long-horned Bee (?) - Svastra Bee ID needed - Svastra atripes - male Unidentified bee on Vernonia - Svastra obliqua Long-horned Bee - Svastra - male Golden bee on Vernonia - Svastra obliqua Longhorn Bee - Svastra obliqua - 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 Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Eucerini (Longhorn Bees)
Genus Svastra
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1)
Explanation of Names
Svastra Holmberg 1884
Numbers
16 spp. in 4 subgenera in our area, 23 spp. in 5 subgenera total(2)
Subgenera not yet in the guide: Anthedonia 2 spp., both in our area • Brachymelissodes one species in our area, 3 spp. total(2)
Identification
metanotum with a tuft of hair(3)
tuft looks like a yellow spot • tufts more pronounced
Range
New World (ON & the US to S. America: map)(2)
Works Cited
1.Notes on the North and Central American bees of the genus Svastra Holmberg (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
LaBerge W.E. 1958. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 31: 266‒273.
2.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
3.The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees.
Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia J. Messinger Carril. 2015. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 30 November, 2005 - 2:09pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 18 October, 2023 - 3:12pm

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