Townsendiella pulchra

Townsendiella pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Tribe:	Neolarrini
Genus:	Townsendiella
Species:	T. pulchra
Binomial name
Townsendiella pulchra Crawford, 1916

Townsendiella pulchra is a species of cuckoo bee in the family Apidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is a kleptoparasite of Hesperapis larreae . ^[4]

References

1. "Townsendiella pulchra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Townsendiella pulchra". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Townsendiella pulchra species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. Rozen, Jerome G. (1991). "Biology and larvae of the cleptoparasitic bee Townsendiella pulchra and nesting biology of its host Hesperapis larreae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)". American Museum Novitates. New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History.

Further reading

• Orr, M. C.; Griswold, T. L. (2015). "A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Townsendiella (Apidae, Nomadinae, Townsendiellini), with the description of a new species from Pinnacles National Park". ZooKeys (546): 87–104. Bibcode:2015ZooK..546...87O. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.546.6443 . PMC   4714348 . PMID   26798307.
• Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.

External links

• Media related to Townsendiella pulchra at Wikimedia Commons