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Neolarra
Sign in to saveNeolarra is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are about 16 described species in Neolarra, all from North America. These bees are smaller than a grain of rice and are kleptoparasites of Perdita bees.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 117
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Apidae
- Collections
- USDA-ARS, MZFC-FC-UNAM, DUGWAY, SDNHM, USNM, UNM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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- Neolarra
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Neolarra is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are about 16 described species in Neolarra, all from North America. These bees are smaller than a grain of rice and are kleptoparasites of Perdita bees.
==Description== Smaller than a grain of rice, these bees lay eggs in the nests of Perdita bees; the Neolarra egg hatches and the larva eats the egg and food store (of pollen) intended for a Perdita larva. It enters while the host bee is gone to avoid detection.
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