Habropoda pallida, known generally as the pallid habropoda or white-faced bee, is a species of anthophorine bee in the family Apidae.[1][2] It is found in Central America and North America.[2][3][4] Females build nests and are particularly likely to provision the young with pollen from Larrea tridentata plants.[5]

Habropoda pallida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Habropoda
Species:
H. pallida
Binomial name
Habropoda pallida
(Timberlake, 1937)

References

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  1. ^ "Habropoda pallida Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Habropoda pallida Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ Sharkey M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera.
  4. ^ "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
  5. ^ Alcock, John; Buchmann, Stephen (1 September 2011). "The Mating System of Habropoda pallida Timberlake (Anthophorinae: Apidae)". Journal of Insect Behavior. 24 (5): 348–362. Bibcode:2011JIBeh..24..348A. doi:10.1007/s10905-011-9261-0. ISSN 1572-8889.

Further reading

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  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.