Global InformationPerdita meconis information
| Perdita meconis | |
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Conservation status
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 Imperiled (NatureServe)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Andrenidae |
| Genus: | Perdita |
| Species: | P. meconis
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| Binomial name | |
| Perdita meconis Griswold, 1993
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Perdita meconis, the Mojave poppy bee, is a rare bee species that was described in 1993.[2] The Mojave poppy bee has been petitioned for protection under the Endangered Species Act due to pressures in their native range such as invasive species, habitat fragmentation, gypsum mining, and climate change.[3] [4]
- ^ "Perdita meconis". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- ^ Griswold, Terry (1993). "New species of Perdita (Pygoperdita) Timberlake of the P. californica species group (Hymenoptera)". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 69 (2): 183–189 – via GoogleScholar.
- ^ Cornelisse, T. (2018). Petition to list the Mojave poppy bee (Perdita meconis) under the Endangered Species Act and concurrently designate critical habitat. Center for Biological Diversity.
- ^ Tripodi, Amber D.; Tepedino, Vincent J.; Portman, Zachary M. (2019-12-01). "Timing of Invasion by Africanized Bees Coincides with Local Extinction of a Specialized Pollinator of a Rare Poppy in Utah, USA". Journal of Apicultural Science. 63 (2): 281–288. doi:10.2478/jas-2019-0019. ISSN 2299-4831.