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Fairy Bees
Perdita
Perdita is a large genus of bees native to North America, particularly diverse in the desert regions of the United States and Mexico. There are over 600 recognized species and subspecies of Perdita, plus many more as yet unnamed. Perdita are usually quite small (2.0 mm to 10.0 mm) and often brightly colored with metallic reflections and/or yellow or white markings. The genus was extensively treated by P.H. Timberlake who, in addition to T.D.A. Cockerell, described most of...
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Perdita
subgenusPerdita
Pygoperdita
subgenusPygoperdita
Cockerellia
subgenusCockerellia
Hexaperdita
subgenusHexaperdita
Perditella
subgenusPerditella
Alloperdita
subgenusAlloperdita
Heteroperdita
subgenusHeteroperdita
Pentaperdita
subgenusPentaperdita
Hesperoperdita
subgenusHesperoperdita
Glossoperdita
subgenusGlossoperdita
Procockerellia
subgenusProcockerellia
Epimacrotera
subgenusEpimacrotera
Callomacrotera
subgenusCallomacrotera
Xeromacrotera
subgenusXeromacrotera
Twilight Bees
subgenusXerophasma
Allomacrotera
subgenusAllomacrotera
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 178357.