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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) » Digger Bees (Anthophorini) » Digger Bees (Anthophora) » Subgenus Anthophoroides (Anthophora Subgenus Anthophoroides) » California Digger Bee (Anthophora californica)
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Anthophora californica? - Anthophora californica - male
Copyright © 2011 Keng-Lou James Hung

Anthophora californica? - Anthophora californica - Male
Spring Valley, San Diego County, California, USA
March 24, 2011
Size: 10mm
Back view of male Anthophora without brushes. Note enlarged hind leges. Captured in Coastal Sage Scrub habitat, foraging on Phacelia.

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Anthophora californica? - Anthophora californica - male Anthophora californica? - Anthophora californica - male Anthophora californica? - Anthophora californica - male
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Contributed by Keng-Lou James Hung on 25 March, 2011 - 5:28pm
Last updated 11 July, 2012 - 11:43am

Moved
Moved from Anthophora.
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 11 July, 2012 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… John S. Ascher, 26 March, 2011 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

 
A. nigritula?
Hi John,
I just ran this individual through Discoverlife's male Anthophora key and it appears that it could be A. nigritula. It seems the only reason it's not A. californica (which is what I had suspected it to be), according to the online key, is that the integumental bands on metasoma are CLEAR rather than WHITE. Discoverlife currently does not have A. nigritula in my region though. What're your thoughts on this?
Cheers,
James
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 6 January, 2012 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

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