Perdita scutellaris
Perdita scutellaris is a bee species from California in the United States. It is only found in sand dune habitats or other sandy areas. It is oligolectic, collecting pollen only from plants in the genus Tiquilia.
| Perdita scutellaris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Andrenidae |
| Genus: | Perdita |
| Species: | P. scutellaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Perdita scutellaris Timberlake, 1962 | |
References
Timberlake, Philip H. (1962). "A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part V". University of California Publications in Entomology. 28 (1): 1–124.
Portman, Zachary M.; Neff, John L.; Griswold, Terry (2016). "Taxonomic revision of Perdita subgenus Heteroperdita Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), with descriptions of two ant-like males". Zootaxa. 4213 (1): 1–97. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4214.1.1.
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