AuthorPerkins, R.C.L.
Year1919
TitleThe British Species of Andrena and Nomada
SeriesTrans. Ent. Soc. Lond.
TypePaper
How CompleteAll the British species known at the time.
SourceTrans. Ent. Soc. Lond. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.: 218-319.
Illustrations5 plates of line drawings at the end.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

A lengthy account of the British species of Andrena and Nomada.

Includes a key to families, and keys to genera of the families Anthophoridae and Andrenidae.

There are separate keys to male (p282) and female (p293) Andrena, and to male (p305) and female (p310) Nomada.

Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen PreparationPinned specimens
Identification difficultyAndrena are difficult (there are so many of them!), but Nomada are more straightforward.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentAndrenamining beesAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Andrenidae
For identificationCurrentNomadanomad beesAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Apidae
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