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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Squash Bees (Peponapis)

Genus Peponapis - Squash Bees

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Squash Bee at Santiago Oaks - Peponapis pruinosa - male Squash bees - Peponapis pruinosa - male On squash blossom - Peponapis pruinosa - male Zucchini bee - Peponapis Mr. Squash Bee #2 of 3 - Peponapis pruinosa - male Pennsylvania Bee for ID - Peponapis pruinosa - female Peponapis? - Peponapis - female Pruinose Squash Bee - Peponapis pruinosa
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
Print References
(2)
Internet References
Overview by J. Cane
Fact sheet
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
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.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 October, 2006 - 10:21pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Maury Heiman, John S. Ascher, v belov
Last updated 12 June, 2018 - 11:20pm

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