Andrena lauracea

Andrena lauracea is a rare bee species from the United States. It has been collected twice in Carlinville, Illinois, once around 1897[1] and once in 1970–1972. There are also two putative specimens from Texas.[2]

Andrena lauracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Andrenidae
Genus: Andrena
Species:
A. lauracea
Binomial name
Andrena lauracea
Robertson, 1879

The Carlinville specimens were collected on Sassafras variifolium (1897) and Prunus serotina (1970).[2]

References

  1. Charles Robertson (May 7, 1897), "North American Bees", Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, 7 (14)
  2. Marlin, J. C. and W. E. LaBerge (2001), "The native bee fauna of Carlinville, Illinois, revisited after 75 years: a case for persistence", Conservation Ecology, 5 (1): 9


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