Habropoda pallida is a species of anthophorine bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and North America.Sharkey M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera."Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112. Females build nests and are particularly likely to provision the young with pollen from Larrea tridentata plants.
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