Svastra

Svastra is a genus of long-horned bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 20 described species in Svastra.[1][2][3]

Svastra texana

Svastra
Svastra aegis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Tribe:	Eucerini
Genus:	Svastra Holmberg, 1884

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Svastra:[2][3]

• Svastra aegis (LaBerge, 1956)
• Svastra albocollaris (Cockerell, 1918)
• Svastra atripes (Cresson, 1872)
• Svastra comanche (Cresson, 1872)
• Svastra compta (Cresson, 1878)
• Svastra cressonii (Dalla Torre, 1896)
• Svastra detecta Holmberg, 1884
• Svastra duplocincta (Cockerell, 1905)
• Svastra flavitarsis (Spinola, 1851)
• Svastra friesei LaBerge, 1958
• Svastra grandissima (Cockerell, 1905)
• Svastra helianthelli (Cockerell, 1905)
• Svastra machaerantherae (Cockerell, 1904)
• Svastra maculata Urban, 1998
• Svastra minima (LaBerge, 1956)
• Svastra nevadensis (Cresson, 1874)
• Svastra nitida (LaBerge, 1956)
• Svastra obliqua (Say, 1837) (sunflower bee)
• Svastra pallidior LaBerge, 1963
• Svastra petulca (Cresson, 1878)
• Svastra sabinensis (Cockerell, 1924)
• Svastra sila (LaBerge, 1956)
• Svastra texana (Cresson, 1872)

References

1. "Svastra Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
2. "Svastra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
3. "Browse Svastra". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-08.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-03-08.

External links

• Media related to Svastra at Wikimedia Commons