Andrenidae

thumb|Andrena sp. The Andrenidae (commonly known as mining bees) are a large, nearly cosmopolitan family of solitary, ground-nesting bees. Most of the family's diversity is located in temperate or arid areas (warm temperate xeric). It includes some enormous genera (e.g., Andrena with over 1300 species, and Perdita with over 700). One of the subfamilies, Oxaeinae, is so different in appearance that they were typically accorded family status, but careful phylogenetic analysis reveals them to be an offshoot within the Andrenidae, very close to the Andreninae.

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Panurgus is a genus of mining bees belonging to the family Andrenidae, subfamily Panurginae.

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The bee subfamily Alocandreninae contains only one genus and one species, Alocandrena porteri, which is found in Peru. It seems to be restricted to the western side of the Andes Mountains.

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Panurginus is a genus of bees in the family Andrenidae. There are more than 50 described species in Panurginus. thumb

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Anthrenoides is a genus of bees belonging to the family Andrenidae.

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Protandrena (Anthemurgus) passiflorae, the passionflower bee, is a small (7.5-8.5 mm long) black bee that occurs from central Texas to North Carolina and north to Illinois.

miner bee species in the family Andrenidae

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miner bee species in the family Andrenidae

miner bee species in the family Andrenidae

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miner bee species in the family Andrenidae

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Melitturga is a genus of insect belonging to the family Andrenidae.

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Protoxaea is a genus of bees in the family Andrenidae. There are at least three described species in Protoxaea.

miner bee species in the family Andrenidae

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miner bee species in the family Andrenidae

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miner bee species in the family Andrenidae

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Macrotera is a genus of bees native to North America, particularly diverse in the desert regions of the United States and Mexico. According to Wilson and Carril, there are "around 30" species of Macrotera. Macrotera are small to medium sized (2.0 mm to 16.0 mm) and often black or reddish in coloration. The genus was treated by P.H. Timberlake who, in addition to T.D.A. Cockerell, described most of the known species. Macrotera used to be considered part of the genus Perdita but was split apart by C.D. Michener in 2000. Most species are extreme specialists (oligoleges) with respect to

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Protandrena is a genus of mining bees in the family Andrenidae. Depending upon whose definition of the genus one follows, there are anywhere from 50 to 180 described species in Protandrena; traditional classifications recognize 7 subgenera, some of which are sometimes elevated to genus rank, and other classifications place many of these species in the related genus Pseudopanurgus (e.g.), leaving Protandrena with a much smaller constituency. In the most inclusive definition, they are found from Canada through Argentina. However, there is current disagreement whether the Protandrena in South Ame

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