Monolecty

Guides

  • Anthemurgus

    passionflower bee

    Anthemurgus is a subgenus within Protandrena (family Andrenidae) containing at least one confirmed species, P. (Anthemurgus) passiflorae, commonly called the passionflower bee. This bee is notable for extreme host-plant specialization (monolecty) on Passiflora lutea, the yellow passionflower. The subgenus has undergone repeated taxonomic revision, having been treated as a monotypic genus, a subgenus of Pseudopanurgus, and currently as a subgenus of Protandrena. A chromosome-level genome assembly has been completed for the sole species.