The golden-haired miner bee[1] (Andrena auricoma) is a species of miner bee in the family Andrenidae.[2][3][4] The female bees are 8 to 10 mm in length, and males are 6 to 9 mm long. It is found in the western United States, and is relatively rare outside California. It looks very similar to the death camas miner bee (Andrena astragali) but is smaller.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Andrenidae |
| Genus: | Andrena |
| Species: | A. auricoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Andrena auricoma Smith, 1879
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References
edit- ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
- ^ "Andrena auricoma Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Andrena auricoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Andrena auricoma Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ LaBerge, W. E.; Ribble, D. W. (1975). "A revision of the bees of the genus Andrena of the Western Hemisphere. Part VII. Subgenus Euandrena". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 101.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Sharkey, M.J. (2007). "Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera". Zootaxa. 309: 13–48.
- Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics. 28 (1): 80–112. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x. PMID 34861753.