Biology:Andrena lauracea

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Short description: Species of bee


Andrena lauracea
Andrena asteris, Male, Face, MD, Prince Georges Co 2013-06-07-18.24.52 ZS PMax (9161635172).jpg
male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Andrenidae
Genus: Andrena
Species:
A. lauracea
Binomial name
Andrena lauracea
Robertson, 1879

Andrena lauracea is a rare bee species from the United States. It has been collected twice in Carlinville, Illinois, once around 1897[1] and once in 1970–1972. There are also two putative specimens from Texas .[2]

The Carlinville specimens were collected on Sassafras variifolium (1897) and Prunus serotina (1970).[2]

References

  1. Charles Robertson (May 7, 1897), "North American Bees", Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7 (14), https://books.google.com/books?id=YHAuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA331&dq=Andrena+lauracea 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Marlin, J. C. and W. E. LaBerge (2001), "The native bee fauna of Carlinville, Illinois, revisited after 75 years: a case for persistence", Conservation Ecology 5 (1): 9, http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol5/iss1/art9/ 

Wikidata ☰ Q2175498 entry