| Andrena apicata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Andrenidae |
| Subfamily: | Andreninae |
| Genus: | Andrena |
| Species: | A. apicata |
| Binomial name | |
| Andrena apicata Smith, 1847 | |
Andrena apicata is a Palearctic species of mining bee. [1] [2]
The Andrenidae are a large, nearly cosmopolitan family of solitary, ground-nesting bees. Most of the family's diversity is located in temperate or arid areas. It includes some enormous genera. 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.
Andrena, commonly called the mining bee, is the largest genus in the family Andrenidae, and is nearly worldwide in distribution, with the notable exceptions of Oceania and South America. With over 1,300 species, it is one of the largest of all bee genera. Species are often brown to black with whitish abdominal hair bands, though other colors are possible, most commonly reddish, but also including metallic blue or green.
Apicata was a woman of the 1st century AD in ancient Rome. She was married to Sejanus, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius.
The bee subfamily Andreninae is a nearly cosmopolitan lineage, with most of its diversity in one genus, Andrena, which contains over 1500 species. The remaining four genera in the subfamily only contain a total of 9 species.
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Pryteria apicata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1905. It is found in French Guiana.
Coelioxys apicata is a species of leaf-cutting bee in the genus Coelioxys, of the family Megachilidae.
Nupserha apicata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Léon Fairmaire in 1891.
Andrena scotica, the chocolate mining bee or hawthorn bee, is a species of mining bee from the family Andrenidae. It occurs in western Europe and is one of the most frequently encountered mining bees found in Great Britain, where it had been previously misidentified as Andrena carantonica.
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The Carlinville miner bee is a species of miner bee in the family Andrenidae. Another common name for this species is Carlin's miner. It is found in North America.
Phaonia apicata is a species of house flies, etc. in the family Muscidae.