Andrena

Subgenus Taeniandrena (1 sp.)

    This is the only species of this subgenus in North America. This is a large, easily recognized bee. The female has a slightly elongated punctures on the flattened clypeus, highly punctate metasomal terga, roughened but not rugulose propodeal enclosure, and pollen collecting hairs similar to Thysandrena. Males are similar but the clypeal punctures tend to be round and sternum 6 is flat and slightly emarginate. 

Andrenidae: Andrena (Taeniandrena) wilkella Kirby

County Records: Sumter

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Locations: Webster

Dates: May-July

Plant: Polylectic (many plants, especially legumes, see list in LaBerge)

Notes: It is uncertain if this species occurs in Florida. There are no collections of it in the FSCA. However, LaBerge lists it based on one specimen if from Sumter Co.

Female: andwilfemface.JPG (56574 bytes) andwilfemfaceside.JPG (57206 bytes) andwilfemclypeus.JPG (87340 bytes) andwilfemmouthparts.JPG (42705 bytes) andwilfemmouthparts2.JPG (58619 bytes) andwilfemvertex.JPG (58813 bytes) andwilfemwing.JPG (51037 bytes) andwilfemscutum.JPG (78833 bytes) andwilfemscutumclose.JPG (95533 bytes) andwilfemscutellum.JPG (87481 bytes) andwilfempropodeumtop.JPG (78692 bytes) andwilfempropodeum.JPG (85478 bytes) andwilfemtergatop.JPG (59434 bytes) andwilfemterga1.JPG (79675 bytes) andwilfemterga2close.JPG (102811 bytes) andwilfempygidium.JPG (61775 bytes) andwilfemside.JPG (46412 bytes)andwilfempronotumside.JPG (67263 bytes) andwilfemmesepisternumside.JPG (72804 bytes) andwilfempropodealcorbiculafront.JPG (45607 bytes) andwilfempropodealcorbiculaside.JPG (66422 bytes) andwilfemhindtibia.JPG (62024 bytes) andwilfemhindtibia2.JPG (62665 bytes) andwilfemhindtibiascopa.JPG (58329 bytes) andwilfembelow.JPG (47848 bytes)

Male: andwilmaleface.JPG (70210 bytes) andwilmalefaceside.JPG (55712 bytes) andwilmalemouthpartsside.JPG (47996 bytes) andwilmaleclypeus.JPG (64296 bytes) andwilmaleclypeus2.JPG (94343 bytes) andwilmaleclypeus3.JPG (78285 bytes) andwilmaleclypeusbelow.JPG (73794 bytes) andwilmaleclypeusbelow2.JPG (59580 bytes) andwilmalevertex.JPG (71274 bytes) andwilmalewing.JPG (57355 bytes) andwilmalescutum.JPG (79718 bytes) andwilmalepropodeumtop.JPG (94521 bytes) andwilmaletergatop.JPG (60275 bytes) andwilmaletergatop2.JPG (58364 bytes) andwilmaleterga2.JPG (107110 bytes) andwilmaleterga2_3.JPG (90720 bytes) andwilmalepygidium.JPG (59449 bytes) andwilmaleside.JPG (38718 bytes) andwilmalemesepisternumside.JPG (89948 bytes)