Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Andrenidae > Andrena > Andrena salicifloris

Andrena salicifloris (willow mining bee)

Synonyms: Andrena nortoni; Andrena tacitula grossulariae; Andrena veris; Trachandrena auricauda

Wikipedia Abstract

Andrena salicifloris, commonly known as the willow mining bee, is a bee in the genus Andrena. The bee ranges from Colorado to California and north to British Columbia, and often inhabits arid and alpine lands. The bee is often black or dark brown, and is sparsely coated with grayish hair on the thorax, legs and on the abdomen. The pollen basket is on most of the hind leg. The wings of the willow mining bee are smokey, and their veins are black.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0