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Common Name:
Long-horned Bee

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass:
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Apinae
Tribe: Eucerini
Species:
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) illata

Checklist No:

Location:
Monhegan Island
Monhegan, ME
USA
GPS: 43.763051,-69.320026

Date: 8/25/04

Stage: Adult
Sex: Female
Notes: With Shining Flower Beetle in family Phalacridae

Image at BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/43157

Melissodes (Eumelissodes) illata Apidae
Long-horned Bee
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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