Anthophora curta Provancher, 1895 is a animal in the Apidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Anthophora curta Provancher, 1895

The short sun-digger bee, Anthophora curta, is a North American digger bee that favors dry, desert-like habitats.

Family

Apidae

Genus

Anthophora

Order

Hymenoptera

Class

Insecta

About Anthophora curta Provancher, 1895

Anthophora curta (Provancher, 1895), commonly called the short sun-digger bee, is a digger bee species native to North America. This species prefers to live in dry, desert-like habitats.

Photo: (c) C. Mallory, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by C. Mallory · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Apidae › Anthophora

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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