Dufourea monardae, the monarda dufourea, is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2][3][4] It is an oligolectic bee on bee balm plants.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Halictidae |
| Genus: | Dufourea |
| Species: | D. monardae
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| Binomial name | |
| Dufourea monardae (Viereck, 1924)
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References
edit- ^ "Dufourea monardae Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Dufourea monardae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ Sharkey M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera.
- ^ "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
- ^ "Oligolectic Bees". www.illinoiswildflowers.info. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
Further reading
edit- 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.