Svastra

Svastra is a genus of long-horned bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 20 described species in Svastra.[1][2][3]

Svastra texana

Svastra
Svastra aegis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Eucerini
Genus: Svastra
Holmberg, 1884

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Svastra:[2][3]

  • Svastra aegis (LaBerge, 1956)
  • Svastra albocollaris (Cockerell, 1918)
  • Svastra atripes (Cresson, 1872)
  • Svastra comanche (Cresson, 1872)
  • Svastra compta (Cresson, 1878)
  • Svastra cressonii (Dalla Torre, 1896)
  • Svastra detecta Holmberg, 1884
  • Svastra duplocincta (Cockerell, 1905)
  • Svastra flavitarsis (Spinola, 1851)
  • Svastra friesei LaBerge, 1958
  • Svastra grandissima (Cockerell, 1905)
  • Svastra helianthelli (Cockerell, 1905)
  • Svastra machaerantherae (Cockerell, 1904)
  • Svastra maculata Urban, 1998
  • Svastra minima (LaBerge, 1956)
  • Svastra nevadensis (Cresson, 1874)
  • Svastra nitida (LaBerge, 1956)
  • Svastra obliqua (Say, 1837) (sunflower bee)
  • Svastra pallidior LaBerge, 1963
  • Svastra petulca (Cresson, 1878)
  • Svastra sabinensis (Cockerell, 1924)
  • Svastra sila (LaBerge, 1956)
  • Svastra texana (Cresson, 1872)

References
  1. "Svastra Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  2. "Svastra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  3. "Browse Svastra". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-08.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  • Media related to Svastra at Wikimedia Commons


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