Morning Glory Turret Bee

Melitoma taurea

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae

Melitoma taurea, the mallow bee, is a species of chimney bee in the family Apidae. It is found in North America. It has strong white bands on its abdomen, but is not as hairy as the genera Melissodes and Eucera.

Distribution

Morning Glory Turret Bee — (c) John Abrams, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by John Abrams · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 443

Sources and credits

Photo(c) John Abrams, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by John Abrams · CC-BY DescriptionMelitoma taurea, Wikipedia contributors

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