Neolarra

Neolarra is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are about 16 described species in Neolarra, all from North America.

Description
Smaller than a grain of rice, these bees lay eggs in the nests of Perdita bees; the Neolarra egg hatches and the larva eats the egg and food store intended for a Perdita larva. It enters while the host bee is gone to avoid detection.

Species
These 16 species belong to the genus Neolarra:


 * Neolarra alba Cockerell, 1916 i c g
 * Neolarra alexanderi Griswold & Parker, 1999 i c g
 * Neolarra batrae Shanks, 1978 i c g
 * Neolarra californica Michener, 1939 i c g b
 * Neolarra clavigera Shanks, 1978 i c g
 * Neolarra cockerelli (Crawford, 1916) i c g
 * Neolarra hurdi Shanks, 1978 i c g
 * Neolarra linsleyi Michener, 1939 i c g
 * Neolarra orbiculata Shanks, 1978 i c g
 * Neolarra penicula Shanks, 1978 i c g
 * Neolarra pruinosa Ashmead, 1890 i c g
 * Neolarra rozeni Shanks, 1978 i c g
 * Neolarra ute Griswold & Parker, 1999 i c g
 * Neolarra vandykei Michener, 1939 i c g
 * Neolarra verbesinae (Cockerell, 1895) i c g b
 * Neolarra vigilans (Cockerell, 1895) i c g b

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net