Neolarra

Neolarra is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are about 16 described species in Neolarra, all from North America.[1][2][3][4]

Neolarra
Neolarra pruinosa female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Nomadinae
Tribe: Neolarrini
Genus: Neolarra
Ashmead, 1890

Description

Smaller than a grain of rice, these bees lay eggs in the nests of Perdita bees; the Neolarra egg hatches and the larva eats the egg and food store intended for a Perdita larva. It enters while the host bee is gone to avoid detection.[5]

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Neolarra:

  • Neolarra alba Cockerell, 1916 i c g
  • Neolarra alexanderi Griswold & Parker, 1999 i c g
  • Neolarra batrae Shanks, 1978 i c g
  • Neolarra californica Michener, 1939 i c g b
  • Neolarra clavigera Shanks, 1978 i c g
  • Neolarra cockerelli (Crawford, 1916) i c g
  • Neolarra hurdi Shanks, 1978 i c g
  • Neolarra linsleyi Michener, 1939 i c g
  • Neolarra orbiculata Shanks, 1978 i c g
  • Neolarra penicula Shanks, 1978 i c g
  • Neolarra pruinosa Ashmead, 1890 i c g
  • Neolarra rozeni Shanks, 1978 i c g
  • Neolarra ute Griswold & Parker, 1999 i c g
  • Neolarra vandykei Michener, 1939 i c g
  • Neolarra verbesinae (Cockerell, 1895) i c g b
  • Neolarra vigilans (Cockerell, 1895) i c g b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References
  1. "Neolarra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  2. "Browse Neolarra". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  3. "Neolarra". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  4. "Neolarra Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  5. Emry, Paige. Our Native Bees. p. 76.

Further reading
  • Media related to Neolarra at Wikimedia Commons
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