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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) » Melissodes
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Bee at Vernonia - Melissodes - female
Copyright © 2011 James C. Trager

Bee at Vernonia - Melissodes - Female
Shaw Nature Reserve near Gray Summit, Franklin County, Missouri, USA
August 1, 2009
Size: 15-16 mm
A local bee expert tells me "definitely Anthophora walshi", but there's no page for the species, and I don't want to guess at the subgenus.

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Bee at Vernonia - Melissodes - female Bee at Vernonia - Melissodes - female
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Contributed by James C. Trager on 16 September, 2011 - 2:47pm
Last updated 18 September, 2011 - 9:45pm

Moved
Moved from Anthophora.
… John S. Ascher, 18 September, 2011 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Melissodes female
doesn't resemble Anthophora (note different wing venation, tergal hair bands, etc.)
… John S. Ascher, 18 September, 2011 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Not the other guy's misidentification.
I have to take the blame for this, as the "definite" ID was made on a picture of a different bee. Now I'd better go look at the other picture and study the differences!
… James C. Trager, 19 September, 2011 - 7:00am login or register to post comments

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