Andrena nitida (Müller, 1776)
(Grey-patched Mining Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAndrena nitida (Grey-patched 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 nitida (Grey-patched Mining Bee) :
1: Andrena nitida (Grey-patched Mining Bee)
18 Apr 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, visiting Alexanders
Image 1: Female - antennae, head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennae - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background

Andrena nitida (Grey-patched Mining Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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