Neolarra

Neolarra is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are about 16 described species in Neolarra.[1][2][3][4]

Neolarra
Neolarra pruinosa Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Tribe:	Neolarrini
Genus:	Neolarra Ashmead, 1890

Description

Smaller than a grain of rice, these bees lay eggs in the nests of Perdita bees; the Neolarra egg hatches and the larva eats the egg and food store intended for a Perdita larva. It enters while the host bee is gone to avoid detection.[5]

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Neolarra:

• Neolarra alba Cockerell, 1916 ^{i c g}
• Neolarra alexanderi Griswold & Parker, 1999 ^{i c g}
• Neolarra batrae Shanks, 1978 ^{i c g}
• Neolarra californica Michener, 1939 ^{i c g b}
• Neolarra clavigera Shanks, 1978 ^{i c g}
• Neolarra cockerelli (Crawford, 1916) ^{i c g}
• Neolarra hurdi Shanks, 1978 ^{i c g}
• Neolarra linsleyi Michener, 1939 ^{i c g}
• Neolarra orbiculata Shanks, 1978 ^{i c g}
• Neolarra penicula Shanks, 1978 ^{i c g}
• Neolarra pruinosa Ashmead, 1890 ^{i c g}
• Neolarra rozeni Shanks, 1978 ^{i c g}
• Neolarra ute Griswold & Parker, 1999 ^{i c g}
• Neolarra vandykei Michener, 1939 ^{i c g}
• Neolarra verbesinae (Cockerell, 1895) ^{i c g b}
• Neolarra vigilans (Cockerell, 1895) ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Neolarra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
2. "Browse Neolarra". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
3. "Neolarra". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
4. "Neolarra Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
5. Emry, Paige. Our Native Bees. p. 76.

Further reading

• Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

External links

• Media related to Neolarra at Wikimedia Commons