The Porter's miner bee[1] (Andrena porterae) is a species of miner bee in the family Andrenidae. It is found in North America.[2][3] It was first described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1900 and named after the collector of the type specimen Wilmatte Porter.[4]
| Andrena porterae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Andrenidae |
| Genus: | Andrena |
| Species: | A. porterae
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| Binomial name | |
| Andrena porterae Cockerell, 1900
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References
edit- ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
- ^ "Andrena porterae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- ^ "Andrena porterae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- ^ Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison (1900-05-01). "LIV.—Observations on bees collected at Las Vegas, New Mexico, and in the adjacent Mountains". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (29): 401–416. doi:10.1080/00222930008678307 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Further reading
edit- Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2020). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- Michener, Charles D. (2007). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0801885730.