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Oxaeinae
Sign in to saveThe Oxaeinae are an exclusively American subfamily of the bee family Andrenidae, consisting of large (13–26 mm), fast-flying bees, often with large eyes. The four constituent genera, with a total of 19 described species, range from the United States to Argentina. Some resources still use the name Oxaeidae, and treat them as a family, but they were moved to subfamily status in 1995.
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Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Oxaeinae, and connects out to United States, Argentina and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Andrenidae and Apocrita subfamilies.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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- 1
- Family
- Andrenidae
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- MCZ
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- United States
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- Andrenidae
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- Oxaea flavescens Female.jpg
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The Oxaeinae are an exclusively American subfamily of the bee family Andrenidae, consisting of large (13–26 mm), fast-flying bees, often with large eyes. The four constituent genera, with a total of 19 described species, range from the United States to Argentina. Some resources still use the name Oxaeidae, and treat them as a family, but they were moved to subfamily status in 1995.
They can be best recognized by the extremely low position of the ocelli on their faces, a feature not shared by any other large bees. Their nests are deep burrows in the ground, and provisions are a soupy mixture of pollen and nectar in cells with a waxlike waterproof lining.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oxaeinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.