Andreninae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Andrenidae
Subfamilia: Andreninae
Genera: Alocandrena – Ancylandrena – Andrena – Euherbstia – Megandrena – Orphana – †Andrenopteryx
Name

Andreninae Latreille, 1802
References

Engel M.S., 2005: Family group names for bees. American Museum Novitates, 3476: 1–33.
Melo G.A.R. & Gonçalves R.B., 2005: Higher-level bee classifications. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 22: 153–159.
Michener C.D., 2000: The bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 913 pp.

Vernacular names
English: Miner Bees

The bee subfamily Andreninae is a nearly cosmopolitan lineage, with most of its diversity in one genus, Andrena, which contains over 1500 species. The remaining four genera in the subfamily only contain a total of 9 species.

Females of three of the genera (Ancylandrena, Andrena, and Megandrena) have broad, velvety depressions called "facial foveae" on the face between the eyes and the antennae; in all other members of the family, the foveae are much smaller, typically reduced to grooves or pits at the upper margin of the eyes. Ancylandrena and Megandrena occur only in the desert regions of southwestern North America (Nevada, California, Arizona, Sonora, and Baja California), while Andrena is nearly worldwide. Euherbstia and Orphana are rare bees restricted to desert regions of Chile.

Unlike the subfamily Panurginae, none of the species of Andreninae have yellow markings anywhere other than on the face; those markings, when present, are usually found only in males.
Genera

Ancylandrena
Andrena
Euherbstia
Megandrena
Orphana

References

C. D. Michener (2007) The Bees of the World, 2nd Edition, Johns Hopkins University Press.