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Species Anthophora abrupta

Anthophora abrupta - Miner Bee ?? #7 - Anthophora abrupta

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Anthophora abrupta - Abrupt Digger - Anthophora abrupta

Antophora spp? - Anthophora abrupta - 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 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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