Andrena clarkella (Kirby, 1802)
(Clarke’s Mining Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAndrena clarkella (Clarke’s Mining Bee)
GenusAndrena (mining bees)
FamilyANDRENIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Andrena clarkella (Clarke’s Mining Bee) :
1: Andrena clarkella (Clarke’s Mining Bee)
1 Apr 2018 OSGR: SY89 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, landed on my bag
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - tergites - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Andrena clarkella (Clarke’s Mining Bee)
17 Mar 2008 OSGR: SW83 50° 10’ N, 4° 60’ W Vice County: East Cornwall (VC 2) England
nesting aggregation beside path through woodland
Image 1: Burrow entrances in bare soil beside woodland pathImage 2: Burrow entrances in bare soil beside woodland path (2)Image 3: Female - antero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Female - antero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Female - disappearing down burrow - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Female - disappearing down burrow - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 7: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 9: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 10: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 11: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 12: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (6)Image 13: Female - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 14: Female - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 15: Female - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 16: Female - emerged from burrow - close-up - enlargedImage 17: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 18: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 19: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 20: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 21: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 22: Female - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged

Andrena clarkella (Clarke’s Mining Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Andrena clarkella (Clarke’s Mining Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Andrena clarkella (Clarke’s Mining Bee)
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