Goblin-bee

Guides

• Macrotera echinocacti

  barrel cactus macrotera, barrel cactus goblin bee

  Macrotera echinocacti is a small solitary bee in the family Andrenidae, commonly known as the barrel cactus goblin bee. The species was described by Timberlake in 1954 under the basionym Perdita echinocacti. It is known from Central America and North America, with extremely limited observational records.

  beesolitary-beeAndrenidaegoblin-beecactus-associateddesert-faunapollinatordata-deficient