Species Andrena dunningi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References

Andrena (possibly dunningi?) - Andrena dunningi

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 Melandrena)

Species dunningi (Andrena dunningi)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Andrena viciniformis; Andrena annae

Identification

thoracic hairs a brighter and darker orangish than in other similar species such as A. vicina. Metasomal terga are smooth and the vertex is relatively short (cf. the larger nivalis).

Range

Minnesota to New Brunswick and the New England states, south to North Carolina.

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Habitat

usually in or near woodlands

Season

April to June.

Food

Visits flowers from several families. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.

Print References

Mitchell, T.B. 1960. Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 141.

Bouseman, J. K., LaBerge, W. E. 1978. A revision of the bees of the genus Andrena of the Western Hemisphere. Part IX. Subgenus Melandrena. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 104: 275-390.

Johnson, M. D. 1981. Observations on the Biology of Andrena (Melandrena) dunningi Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 54, No. 1: 32-40.

Internet References

DiscoverLife.Org

Biology of Andrena dunningi

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 27 January, 2007 - 5:54pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 1 July, 2023 - 7:23am

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