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Subgenus Scrapteropsis

Andrena alleghaniensis - female Andrena alleghaniensis - female Andrena alleghaniensis - female Andrena alleghaniensis? - Andrena alleghaniensis - female Andrena Mining Bee on raspberry - Andrena alleghaniensis - female Andrena imitatrix Lasioglossum or Halictus or something else? - Andrena alleghaniensis Andrena alleghaniensis - female
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 Andrenidae (Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees)
Subfamily Andreninae (Mining Bees)
Genus Andrena
No Taxon Subgenus Scrapteropsis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Xiphandrena LaBerge 1971 is now a synonym of but this subgenus is very rare
Explanation of Names
Scrapteropsis Viereck 1922
Numbers
19 spp., all in our area(1)
Range
NA (Canada to n. Mexico), all the spp. occur in the US, 4 range into Canada and 1 into Mexico(1)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 8 July, 2013 - 12:36am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, v belov
Last updated 12 May, 2023 - 8:53pm

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