Genus Habropoda

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

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 Anthophorini (Digger Bees)

Genus Habropoda

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

The proposed common name for the genus reflects the habitat of most species globally. Exceptions that do not inhabit mountains can be called "Diggers".

Explanation of Names

Author: Fabricius 1804

Habro: From a Greek word for graceful/pretty

Numbers

16 spp. in our area, 55 spp. worldwide(1)

Identification

Some diagnostic characters of this genus (per J.S. Ascher): elongate marginal cell, extending far beyond the submarginal cells, and the third submarginal cell narrowed anteriorly.

Because of the close similarity to many Anthophora, "the generic characters of wing venation mentioned in couplet 1 of the key to genera of Anthophorini must be examined in order to place specimens to genus correctly."(2)

One clear difference: in Habropoda the first recurrent vein terminates at or near the apex of the second submarginal cell, whereas in Anthophora the first recurrent vein meets the second submarginal cell near the middle.

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Range

holarctic + some Oriental; in our area, New England to sw. Canada to Mexico (map)(1)

Works Cited

1.	Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

2.	The Bees of the World, 2nd edition Charles D. Michener. 2007. The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 12 May, 2006 - 6:08am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, Ted Kropiewnicki, John S. Ascher, v belov, Marci Hess, PaleoJon
Last updated 3 February, 2023 - 9:39am

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