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Perdita
Perdita is a large genus of small bees native to North America, particularly diverse in the desert regions of the United States and Mexico. There are over 600 currently recognized species of Perdita, plus more than 100 additional subspecies and many more species that remain undescribed. 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, and among the few lineages of bees incapable of stinging....
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
Perdita hirticeps
speciesPerdita hirticeps
Rhus Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita rhois
Eight-spotted Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita octomaculata
All-pale Perdita
speciesPerdita perpallida
Heliotrope Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita heliotropii
Swenk's Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita swenki
Six-Spotted Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita sexmaculata
Ground-cherry Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita halictoides
Perdita salicis
speciesPerdita salicis
Five-Eyes Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita chamaesarachae
Bee Balm Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita gerhardi
Perdita nuda
speciesPerdita nuda
Perdita xanthochroa
speciesPerdita xanthochroa
Sandbar Willow Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita maculigera
Perdita punctosignata
speciesPerdita punctosignata
Perdita dentata
speciesPerdita dentata
Cousinly Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita consobrina
Perdita oregonensis
speciesPerdita oregonensis
Perdita beameri
speciesPerdita beameri
Perdita holoxantha
speciesPerdita holoxantha
Perdita lenis
speciesPerdita lenis
Perdita polygonellae
speciesPerdita polygonellae
Perdita stathamae
speciesPerdita stathamae
Bruner's Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita bruneri
Perdita sphaeralceae
speciesPerdita sphaeralceae
Perdita nasuta
speciesPerdita nasuta
Perdita gerardiae
speciesPerdita gerardiae
Perdita kiowi
speciesPerdita kiowi
Virgin River Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita crotonis
Perdita multiflorae
speciesPerdita multiflorae
Perdita trinotata
speciesPerdita trinotata
Perdita ericameriae
speciesPerdita ericameriae
Perdita koebelei
speciesPerdita koebelei
Perdita mentzeliarum
speciesPerdita mentzeliarum
Perdita aemula
speciesPerdita aemula
Perdita munita
speciesPerdita munita
Perdita polytropica
speciesPerdita polytropica
Perdita chihuahua
speciesPerdita chihuahua
Perdita covilleae
speciesPerdita covilleae
Perdita dammersi
speciesPerdita dammersi
Perdita stepheni
speciesPerdita stepheni
Perdita wislizeniae
speciesPerdita wislizeniae
Perdita missionis
speciesPerdita missionis
Perdita wootonae
speciesPerdita wootonae
Perdita vittata
speciesPerdita vittata
Perdita mentzeliae
speciesPerdita mentzeliae
Perdita dolichocephala
speciesPerdita dolichocephala
Perdita croceipes
speciesPerdita croceipes
Perdita elegans
speciesPerdita elegans
Perdita beatula
speciesPerdita beatula
Perdita genalis
speciesPerdita genalis
Deceptive Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita fallax
Perdita zonalis
speciesPerdita zonalis
Perdita tridentata
speciesPerdita tridentata
Moapa Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita fulvescens
Perdita scitula
speciesPerdita scitula
Mojave Mountain Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita vicina
Algodones Fairy Bee
speciesPerdita algodones
Perdita adustiventris
speciesPerdita adustiventris
Perdita bicuspidariae
speciesPerdita bicuspidariae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Perdita in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 571464.