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Andrena (a genus of solitary bees)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Andrena Female imago 25 July 2006 Berks England 4

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #webs
Species Andrena apicata Smith F. (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena argentata Smith F. (a solitary bee)     3
Species Andrena barbilabris (Kirby) (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena bicolor Fabricius (Gwynne's Mining Bee)     1
Species Andrena bimaculata (Kirby) (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena bucephala Stephens (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena cineraria (Linnaeus) (Grey Mining Bee)   21 1
Species Andrena clarkella (Kirby) (a solitary bee) 24   2
Species Andrena coitana (Kirby) (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena denticulata (Kirby) (a solitary bee)     2
Species Andrena ferox Smith F. (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena flavipes Panzer (Yellow Legged Mining Bee)     2
Species Andrena florea Fabricius (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena fucata Smith F. (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena fulva (Muller) (Tawny Mining Bee)     1
Species Andrena fulvago (Christ) (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena fuscipes (Kirby) (a solitary bee)     3
Species Andrena haemorrhoa (Fabricius) (Early Mining Bee) 2   1
Species Andrena hattorfiana (Fabricius) (a solitary bee) 1   4
Species Andrena humilis Imhoff (a solitary bee)     2
Species Andrena labialis (Kirby) (a solitary bee)     2
Species Andrena labiata Fabricius (Girdled Mining Bee)     1
Species Andrena lapponica Zetterstedt (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena marginata Fabricius (a solitary bee)     4
Species Andrena nitidiusculus Schenck (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena niveata Friese (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena polita Smith F. (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena praecox (Scopoli) (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena proxima (Kirby) (a solitary bee)     2
Species Andrena rosae Panzer (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena ruficrus Nylander (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena scotica Perkins, R.C.L., 1919 (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena similis (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena simillima Smth F. (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena tarsata Nylander (a solitary bee)     2
Species Andrena thoracica (Fabricius) (a solitary bee)     2
Species Andrena tibialis (Kirby) (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena vaga Panzer (a solitary bee)     1
Species Andrena wilkella (Kirby) (a solitary bee)     2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Else, G.R., 1997 (Draft Andrena Key)

Andrena may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA ANDRENIDAE

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Andrena is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Andrena listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Andrena:

pollen store pollen store is kleptoparasitised larva Nomada fabriciana - Fabricius' Nomad Bee (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
Photos pollen store pollen store is kleptoparasitised larva Nomada flava - a nomad bee (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
Photos pollen store pollen store is kleptoparasitised larva Nomada flavoguttata - a nomad bee (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen store pollen store is kleptoparasitised larva Nomada goodeniana - Gooden's Nomad Bee (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
Photos pollen store pollen store is kleptoparasitised larva Nomada marshamella - Marsham's Nomad Bee (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen store pollen store is kleptoparasitised larva Nomada panzeri - a nomad bee (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Andrena may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA

References

Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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