Andrena porterae

The Porter's miner bee[1] (Andrena porterae) is a species of miner bee in the family Andrenidae. It is found in North America.[2][3] It was first described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1900 and named after the collector of the type specimen Wilmatte Porter.[4]

Andrena porterae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Andrenidae
Genus: Andrena
Species:
A. porterae
Binomial name
Andrena porterae
Cockerell, 1900

References

  1. "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
  2. "Andrena porterae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  3. "Andrena porterae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  4. Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison (1900-05-01). "LIV.—Observations on bees collected at Las Vegas, New Mexico, and in the adjacent Mountains". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (29): 401–416. doi:10.1080/00222930008678307 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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