''Megandrena'' is a genus of
mining bee
''Andrena'' is a genus of bees in the family Andrenidae. With over 1,500 species, it is one of the largest genera of animals. It is a strongly monophyletic group that is difficult to split into more manageable divisions; currently, ''Andrena'' i ...
s in the family
Andrenidae
The Andrenidae (commonly known as mining bees) are a large, nearly cosmopolitan family of solitary, ground-nesting bees. Most of the family's diversity is located in temperate or arid areas (warm temperate xeric). It includes some enormous gene ...
. There are at least two described species in ''Megandrena''.
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Species
These two species belong to the genus ''Megandrena'':
* '' Megandrena enceliae'' (Cockerell, 1927) (encelia megandrena)
* '' Megandrena mentzeliae'' Zavortink, 1972
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Andreninae
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