Pantaloon Bee
Dasypoda hirtipes
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Melittidae
Dasypoda altercator, l'abeille à culottes, est une espèce d'insectes hyménoptères aculéates rattachée classiquemnet à la famille des Melittidae. En 2008, il a été proposé qu'elle soit assignée à la famille des Dasypodaidae. Dénomination Cette abeille a été nommée Dasypoda altercator par Harris en 1780 sensu Donald Baker (Oxford, Angleterre).
Dasypoda hirtipes, the pantaloon bee or hairy-legged mining bee is a species of solitary mining bee from the family Melittidae. It is a widespread bee which is found from Great Britain to China. Description Dasypoda hirtipes get one of their common names, the pantaloon bee, from the hirsute hind legs of the females which apparently swell up with pollen, deposited in the golden hairs of the hind tibiae as the bee forages making them look as if they are wearing pantaloons.
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Distribution
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