Andrena cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Grey Mining Bee, Ashy Mining Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAndrena cineraria (Grey Mining Bee, Ashy Mining Bee)
GenusAndrena (mining bees)
FamilyANDRENIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Andrena cineraria (Grey Mining Bee, Ashy Mining Bee) :
1: Andrena cineraria (Grey Mining Bee, Ashy Mining Bee)
29 May 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Black Mustard
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 4: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (4)Image 5: Female - lateral view - enlargedImage 6: Female - lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 7: Female - lateral view - enlarged (3)Image 8: Female - lateral view - enlarged (4)Image 9: Female - lateral view - enlarged (5)Image 10: Female - lateral view - enlarged (6)Image 11: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlarged
2: Andrena cineraria (Grey Mining Bee, Ashy Mining Bee)
18 Jun 2006 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
resting on bare sandy ground near nest entrances . Photos: studio photographs of chilled bee
Image 1: Anterior view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Antero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Antero-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Antero-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Antero-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 6: Antero-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 7: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 9: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 10: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 12: Front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 14: Lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 15: Lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 16: Lateral view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 17: Lateral view - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 18: Lateral view - close-up - enlarged (6)Image 19: Lateral view - close-up - enlarged (7)Image 20: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 21: Ventral view - close-up - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Roberts, S. 2010 Information Sheet 7: Ashy Mining-bee (Andrena cineraria)

Andrena cineraria (Grey Mining Bee, Ashy Mining Bee) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Andrena cineraria (Grey Mining Bee, Ashy Mining Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Andrena cineraria (Grey Mining Bee, Ashy Mining Bee)
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