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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 (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Eucerini (Longhorn Bees)
Genus Peponapis (Squash Bees)
Explanation of Names Author: Robertson 1902
Numbers 6 spp. in 4 subgenera in our area, 13 spp. in 6 subgenera total (1)
Subgenera:
Peponapis: 2 spp. in our area, 7 spp. total (1)
Eopeponapis: 2 spp., both in our area (1)
Xenopeponapis: monotypic subgenus (1)
Xeropeponapis: monotypic subgenus (1)
Range New World: throughout the US, se. Canada, south to Argentina ( map) (1)
Habitat associated with Cucurbitaceae; some live in deserts
Food collect pollen only from Cucurbita (squash/pumpkins)
Remarks these solitary ground nesting bees pollinate Cucurbitaceae more effectively than honeybees and line their brood cells with a waxlike material they secrete
Works Cited 2. | A scientific note on the first record of nesting sites of Peponapis crassidentata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Oliverio Delgado-Carrillo, Martha Lopezaraika-Mikel, Lorena Ashworth, Ramiro Aquilar, Jorge A. Lobo, Mauricio Quesada. 2017. Apidologie 48:644-647. | |
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