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Perdita scutellaris

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Perdita scutellaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Andrenidae
Genus: Perdita
Species:
P. scutellaris
Binomial name
Perdita scutellaris
Timberlake, 1962

Perdita scutellaris is a bee species from California in the United States. It is only found in sand dune habitats or other sandy areas. It is oligolectic, collecting pollen only from plants in the genus Tiquilia.

References

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Timberlake, Philip H. (1962). "A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part V". University of California Publications in Entomology. 28 (1): 1–124.

Portman, Zachary M.; Neff, John L.; Griswold, Terry (2016). "Taxonomic revision of Perdita subgenus Heteroperdita Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), with descriptions of two ant-like males". Zootaxa. 4213 (1): 1–97. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4214.1.1.