Alocandreninae Andreninae Oxaeinae Panurginae Hymenopter on a Umbelliferae (Daucus carota (LINN.)) (notice the pollen on the legs) France. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets... Suborders Apocrita Symphyta Many families, see article Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of Insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. ... Superfamilies Apoidea Ceraphronoidea Chalcidoidea Chrysidoidea Cynipoidea Evanioidea Ichneumonoidea Megalyroidea Proctotrupoidea Sphecoidea Stephanoidea Triganalyoidea Vespoidea Many families, see article Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. ... Families Andrenidae Anthophoridae Apidae Colletidae Ctenoplectridae Halictidae Heterogynaidae Megachilidae Melittidae Oxaeidae Sphecidae Stenotritidae This article is about the insect. ...
The family Andrenidae is a large cosmopolitan bee family, with most of the diversity in temperate and/or arid areas, including some truly enormous genera (e.g., Andrena with over 1300 species, and Perdita with nearly 800). One of the subfamilies, Oxaeinae, are so different in appearance that they were typically accorded family status, but careful phylogenetic analysis reveals them to be an offshoot within the Andrenidae, very close to the Andreninae. Families Andrenidae Apidae Colletidae Halictidae Megachilidae Melittidae Stenotritidae Bee collecting pollen Bees (a lineage within the superfamily Apoidea) are flying insects, closely related to wasps and ants. ... A phylogeny (or phylogenesis) is the origin and evolution of a set of organisms, usually of a species. ...
They are typically small to moderate-sized bees, which often have scopae on the basal segments of the leg in addition to the tibia, and are commonly oligolectic (especially within the subfamily Panurginae. They can be separated from other bee families by the presence of two subantennal sutures on the face, a primitive trait shared with the sphecoid wasps. Many groups also have foveae on the head near the upper margin of the eyes, another feature seen in sphecoids, and also shared by some Colletidae. Abdominal scopa of a Megachilid bee The term scopa is used to refer to any of a number of different modifications on the body of a bee that form a pollen-carrying apparatus. ... An insect leg The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking. ... The term oligolecty is used in pollination ecology to refer to bees that exhibit a narrow, specialized preference for pollen sources, typically to a single genus of flowering plants. ... The fovea, a part of the eye, is a spot located in the center of the macula. ... Subfamilies Colletinae Diphaglossinae Euryglossinae Hylaeinae Xeromelissinae Colletidae is a family of bees. ...
The subfamily Oxaeinae is rather different in appearance from the other subfamilies, being large, fast-flying bees with large eyes, resembling some of the larger Colletidae. Subfamilies Colletinae Diphaglossinae Euryglossinae Hylaeinae Xeromelissinae Colletidae is a family of bees. ...
Reference
C. D. Michener (2000) The Bees of the World, Johns Hopkins University Press.
Family Andrenidae Latreille (63 taxa, 5 endemic to Florida)
In the Andrenidae, only the genus Andrena is found in Florida.
In the Panurginae, three genera, Perdita, Protoandrena, and Pseudopanurgus, are found in Florida, and a fourth, Calliopsis, may be present in the northern counties of the peninsula and panhandle.
Many small, ground-nesting bees observed in areas of sandy soil are members of the family, Andrenidae.
Characteristics of this family (of which there are approximately 3000 species) are: Small size, 20 mm, (or smaller) brown to fl in color, and nesting in a burrow in areas of sparse vegetation, old meadows, dry road beds, sandy paths.
New Brunswick's (Canada) website - has info on the Andrenidae life cycle and includes diagrams of their burrows
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