Eucera longicornis
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| Eucera longicornis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Eucera |
| Species: | E. longicornis |
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| Eucera longicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Eucera longicornis is a species of bee in the family Apidae, subfamily Apinae, and tribe Eucerini, the long-horned bees.
The head, thorax and abdomen of this species are black, the thorax being clad in pale brown, downy hairs on its upper surface, graduating to yellowish down on the sides and pale grey down underneath.[2] In the male, the clypeus and labrum are yellow, and the antennae are very long, being as long as the head and body combined. The female's antennae are shorter.[1]
Distribution and habitat
This bee occurs in the Palearctic realm, ranging from Western Europe to as far east as Siberia and China. In Britain it is patchily distributed in southern England and Wales. In favoured locations it can be quite numerous and tends to nest in aggregations. It typically is present near the coast in bare areas and short turf, in open grassy areas in woodland and sometimes on heathlands.[1]
