Perdita meconis: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Andrenidae
Genus
Perdita
Species
Perdita meconis
Scientific Name
Perdita meconis

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Perdita meconis

Perdita meconis, the Mojave poppy bee, is a rare bee species that was described in 1993. The Mojave poppy bee has been petitioned for protection under the Endangered Species Act due to pressures in their native range such as invasive species, habitat fragmentation, gypsum mining, and climate change.

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Mojave Poppy Bee

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Perdita meconis
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Perdita meconis
©Jason Eckberg, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)