Habropoda pallida

Habropoda pallida
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Habropoda
Species:	H. pallida
Binomial name
Habropoda pallida (Timberlake, 1937)

Habropoda pallida, known generally as the pallid habropoda or white-faced bee, is a species of anthophorine bee in the family Apidae. ^{[2] [3]} It is found in Central America and North America. ^{[3] [4] [5]} Females build nests and are particularly likely to provision the young with pollen from Larrea tridentata plants. ^[6]

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
2. "Habropoda pallida Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
3. "Habropoda pallida Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
4. Sharkey M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera.
5. "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
6. Alcock, John; Buchmann, Stephen (1 September 2011). "The Mating System of Habropoda pallida Timberlake (Anthophorinae: Apidae)" . Journal of Insect Behavior. 24 (5): 348–362. Bibcode:2011JIBeh..24..348A. doi:10.1007/s10905-011-9261-0. ISSN   1572-8889.

Further reading

• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.