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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 Melea (Anthophora Subgenus Melea) » Anthophora abrupta

Species Anthophora abrupta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Food · Internet References
Anthophora abrupta - Miner Bee ?? #6 - Anthophora abrupta Anthophorine Bee - Anthophora abrupta unknown - Anthophora abrupta Unknown - Anthophora abrupta Bee - Anthophora abrupta - male Apidae - Anthophora abrupta Apidae - Anthophora abrupta Anthophora? - Anthophora abrupta
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 Anthophora (Digger Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Melea)
Species abrupta (Anthophora abrupta)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anthophora sponsa
Explanation of Names
Author: Say 1837.
Range
Illinois and Michigan to New York, south to Louisiana and Florida.
Discover Life Map.
Season
March to September.
Food
Visits flowers from several families. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References
Discover Life
Anthophora abrupta
University of Florida
BioOne. The potential management of a ground-nesting, solitary bee: Anthophora abrupta
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 1 June, 2006 - 7:00pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 14 December, 2021 - 11:05pm

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