Subfamily
Panurginae
Calliopsis anthidia. Photo: (c) brianjdykstranativebeesociety, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The bee subfamily Panurginae is a diverse lineage of 33 genera in 7 tribes. They are particularly diverse in the New World, though scarce in the tropics, and in the Old World they can be found primarily in the Palaearctic and Africa, but absent from Australia and tropical Asia. They tend to be associated with xeric or sandy habitats.
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