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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 » Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees (Andrenidae) » Mining Bees (Andreninae) » Andrena » Subgenus Andrena (Andrena Subgenus Andrena) » Milwaukee Miner Bee (Andrena milwaukeensis)

Species Andrena milwaukeensis - Milwaukee Miner Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Bombus Somethingorother - Andrena milwaukeensis

Milwaukee Andrena - Andrena milwaukeensis

unknown - Andrena milwaukeensis - female

Milwaukee Andrena - Andrena milwaukeensis - female

high orange hairy backed bee - Andrena milwaukeensis - 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 Andrena)

Species milwaukeensis (Milwaukee Miner Bee)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Andrena hitei Cockerell, 1907; Andrena jacobaea Cockerell, 1915

Explanation of Names

Andrena milwaukeensis Graenicher, 1903

Named after the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where discovered by its describer Graenicher

Size

smaller than somewhat similar Andrena (Melandrena) such as A. vicina and A. dunningi

Identification

In females, combination of elongate fox-colored "fur coat" extending to basal metasomal terga (variable) and black tibial scopa is distinctive

Range

Widespread across NA

Discover Life Map

Habitat

Usually woodlands

Season

Mar - Aug

Food

Includes apples. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.

Remarks

Often encountered, but rarely in large numbers

Print References

LaBerge, W. E. (1980). A revision of the bees of the genus Andrena of the western hemisphere. Part X. Subgenus Andrena. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (1890-), 106(4), 395-525. Full Text Here

Internet References

Discoverlife

iNaturalist

GBIF

ITIS

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 October, 2006 - 5:48pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 25 October, 2021 - 11:03pm

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