Ptilothrix
| Ptilothrix | |
|---|---|
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| P. relata male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Emphorini |
| Genus: | Ptilothrix Smith, 1853.[1] |
Ptilothrix is a genus within the tribe Emphorini[2] of the family Apidae (bumblebees, euglossines, honeybees, stingless bees).[3]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[3]
- Ptilothrix bombiformis (hibiscus bee, rose-mallow bee, eastern digger bee)
- Ptilothrix chacoensis
- Ptilothrix concolor
- Ptilothrix corrientium
- Ptilothrix fructifera
- Ptilothrix fuliginosa
- Ptilothrix heterochroa
- Ptilothrix lynchii
- Ptilothrix nemoralis
- Ptilothrix nigerrima
- Ptilothrix plumata
- Ptilothrix relata
- Ptilothrix scalaris
- Ptilothrix sumichrasti
- Ptilothrix tricolor
- Ptilothrix vulpihirta
Notes
- ↑ Charles Duncan Michener, The Bees of the World, Vol. 1, Johns Hopkins University Press (2000) p. 684.
- ↑ Melissa Simpson, Ptilothrix bombiformis, the Rose-mallow Bee, United States Forest Service
- 1 2 Ptilothrix, Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
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