BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Perkins, R.C.L., 1919

The British Species of Andrena and Nomada

A lengthy account of the Britsh species of Andrena and Nomada.

Includes a key to families, and keys to genera of the families Anthophoridae and Andrenidae.

There are separate keys to male (p282) and female (p293) Andrena, and to male (p305) and female (p310) Nomada.

Journal	Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.)
Page range	218-319
Coverage	All the British species known at the time.
Illustrations	5 plates of line drawings at the end.
Identify	Under a Stereo Microscope.
Specimen Prep.	Pinned specimens.
Difficulty	Andrena are difficult (there are so many of them!), but Nomada are more straightforward.

Malcolm Storey

Taxonomic Scope

ANDRENIDAE	Identification		Current
Nomada (nomad bees)	Identification		Current

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