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The genus Anthophora
82 species in Europe, in the family Apidae. 4 of them are listed as threatened on the European Red List.
Family Apidae82 species
82
Species in Europe
4
Threatened (CR, EN or VU)
9
Too little data to assess (DD)
5
Crops on which species were recorded
How the species are doing
Distribution of the species over the categories of the European Red List of Bees (2026). Not assessed means: no European assessment in the source, often because the species only occurs at the edge of Europe.
- CR Critically endangered: 2
- VU Vulnerable: 2
- NT Near threatened: 5
- LC Least concern: 42
- DD Data deficient: 9
- NA Not applicable (not native or vagrant): 11
- - Not assessed: 11
Scale, from severe to not threatened: CR critically endangered, EN endangered, VU vulnerable, NT near threatened, LC least concern. DD: data deficient.
When the visitors fly
Number of species flying per month, according to the flight calendar from open records in Europe. A species counts in every month it flies.
3Jan
6Feb
11Mar
15Apr
18May
16Jun
10Jul
4Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Crops these bees visit
Crops and other plants with an EPPO code on which species from this group were recorded.
| Crop | Depends on pollinators | Species from this group | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| PlumPrunus domestica | great (40-89%) | 1 | 4 |
| RapeseedBrassica napus | modest (10-39%) | 1 | 2 |
| Broad beanVicia faba | modest (10-39%) | 1 | 2 |
| QuinceCydonia oblonga | unknown | 1 | 2 |
| AppleMalus domestica | great (40-89%) | 1 | 1 |
All species in Europe
| Species | Red List Europe | Flies | Only in Europe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthophora aestivalis | LC Least concern | Apr - Jun | |
| Anthophora affinis | LC Least concern | Mar - Jun | |
| Anthophora agama | LC Least concern | Apr - Jun | |
| Anthophora albosignata | NA Not applicable (not native or vagrant) | no data | |
| Anthophora alluaudi | LC Least concern | Feb - May | yes |
| Anthophora altaica | DD Data deficient | no data | |
| Anthophora andalusica | - Not assessed | no data | |
| Anthophora astragali | NA Not applicable (not native or vagrant) | no data | |
| Anthophora atriceps | LC Least concern | Jan - May | |
| Anthophora atricilla | - Not assessed | no data | |
| Anthophora atroalba | LC Least concern | Mar - Jun | |
| Anthophora balassogloi | NA Not applicable (not native or vagrant) | no data | |
| Anthophora balearica | LC Least concern | Jan - Apr | yes |
| Anthophora balneorum | LC Least concern | May - Jul | yes |
| Anthophora belieri | - Not assessed | no data | |
| Anthophora bimaculata | LC Least concern | Jun - Aug | |
| Anthophora borealis | CR Critically endangered | no data | |
| Anthophora calcarata | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora canescens | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora cinerascens | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora crassipes | LC Least concern | Jun - Aug | |
| Anthophora crinipes | LC Least concern | Mar - May | |
| Anthophora crysocnemis | DD Data deficient | no data | |
| Anthophora dalmatica | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora deserticola | DD Data deficient | no data | |
| Anthophora dispar | LC Least concern | Feb - May | |
| Anthophora doursiana | - Not assessed | no data | |
| Anthophora dubia | DD Data deficient | no data | |
| Anthophora dufourii | LC Least concern | Mar - Jun | |
| Anthophora erschowi | - Not assessed | no data | |
| Anthophora excelsior | - Not assessed | no data | |
| Anthophora femorata | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora ferruginea | NT Near threatened | no data | |
| Anthophora fulvipes | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora fulvitarsis | NT Near threatened | Feb - Jul | |
| Anthophora fulvodimidiata | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora furcata | LC Least concern | May - Aug | |
| Anthophora gracilipes | NA Not applicable (not native or vagrant) | no data | |
| Anthophora harmalae | NA Not applicable (not native or vagrant) | no data | |
| Anthophora hispanica | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora ireos | NA Not applicable (not native or vagrant) | no data | |
| Anthophora laevigata | DD Data deficient | no data | yes |
| Anthophora lanzarotensis | NT Near threatened | no data | yes |
| Anthophora larvata | - Not assessed | no data | |
| Anthophora leucophaea | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora lieftincki | LC Least concern | no data | yes |
| Anthophora lusitanica | - Not assessed | no data | |
| Anthophora mucida | LC Least concern | Apr - Jul | |
| Anthophora nigriceps | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora orientalis | DD Data deficient | no data | |
| Anthophora orotavae | LC Least concern | no data | yes |
| Anthophora pedata | DD Data deficient | no data | |
| Anthophora plagiata | NT Near threatened | May - Jul | |
| Hairy-footed flower beeAnthophora plumipes | LC Least concern | Mar - May | |
| Anthophora podagra | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora ponomarevae | DD Data deficient | no data | |
| Anthophora porphyrea | VU Vulnerable | no data | yes |
| Anthophora pruinosa | LC Least concern | no data | yes |
| Anthophora pubescens | LC Least concern | Jun - Aug | |
| Anthophora pulverosa | LC Least concern | no data | yes |
| Anthophora punctilabris | LC Least concern | no data | yes |
| Anthophora purpuraria | VU Vulnerable | no data | yes |
| Anthophora quadricolor | LC Least concern | no data | yes |
| Anthophora quadrimaculata | LC Least concern | May - Jul | |
| Anthophora raddei | NA Not applicable (not native or vagrant) | no data | |
| Anthophora radoszkowskyi | - Not assessed | no data | |
| Anthophora retusa | LC Least concern | Apr - Jun | |
| Anthophora robusta | NT Near threatened | Jan - Jul | |
| Anthophora rogenhoferi | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora romandii | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora rubricrus | - Not assessed | no data | |
| Anthophora rutilans | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora segnis | NA Not applicable (not native or vagrant) | no data | |
| Anthophora senescens | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora senicula | - Not assessed | no data | |
| Anthophora senilis | CR Critically endangered | no data | |
| Anthophora sichelii | LC Least concern | no data | yes |
| Anthophora socia | LC Least concern | no data | |
| Anthophora testaceipes | NA Not applicable (not native or vagrant) | no data | |
| Anthophora uniciliata | DD Data deficient | no data | yes |
| Anthophora ventilabris | NA Not applicable (not native or vagrant) | no data | |
| Anthophora vernalis | NA Not applicable (not native or vagrant) | no data |
Sources
This page only uses sources with an open licence. The bee database itself contains more records, from sources for which permission is still pending.
- Vliegperiode per maand, afgeleid uit BeeBDC-waarnemingen met open licentie (CC0 / CC BY)
FairGrow (afgeleid) · version 1.3.4 · licence CC BY 4.0 (afgeleid uit CC0 / CC BY)
Afgeleid door FairGrow uit: Dorey, J. B. et al. (2023). A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow. Scientific Data 10: 747. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02626-w. Cleaned database v1.3.4 (2024-02-15), Figshare. Kleinste maandvenster met 90% van de waarnemingen, minimaal 20 records.
doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02626-w - Bij-plantinteracties: EuPPollNet via GloBI (CC BY 4.0)
GloBI / Big Bee · version 7.0 · licence CC BY 4.0
Lanuza, J. B. et al. (2025). EuPPollNet: a European database of plant-pollinator networks. Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.15183272 (CC BY 4.0), via Seltmann, K. et al. / Big Bee project and GloBI (2025). Global Bee Interaction Data v7.0. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17957582. Underlying data: Global Biotic Interactions (Poelen et al. 2014).
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17957582 - Bij-plantinteracties: DoPI via GloBI (CC BY 4.0)
GloBI / Big Bee · version 7.0 · licence CC BY 4.0
Balfour, N. J. et al. Database of Pollinator Interactions (DoPI). Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.15224385 (CC BY 4.0), via Seltmann, K. et al. / Big Bee project and GloBI (2025). Global Bee Interaction Data v7.0. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17957582. Underlying data: Global Biotic Interactions (Poelen et al. 2014).
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17957582 - Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), tab-delimited version
Zenodo / Discover Life · version v57.0 · licence CC-BY-4.0
Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 2024. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species Draft-57, 27 February, 2024
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19954082 - BeeBDC beesChecklist: country checklist of the world's bees (Discover Life), 2026-01-12
Flinders University / Figshare · version 2026-01-12 · licence CC BY 4.0
Dorey, J. B. et al. (2023). A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow. Scientific Data 10: 747. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02626-w; beesChecklist 2026-01-12 (Figshare, CC BY 4.0), based on the Discover Life country checklist (Ascher & Pickering).
doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02626-w - European Red List of Bees (2026), Appendix 1: Red List status at Pan-Europe and EU27 levels
Publications Office of the European Union / IUCN · version 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0
Michez, D. et al. (2026). European Red List of Bees. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2779/521877 (CC BY 4.0). Appendix 1.
doi.org/10.2779/521877 - Wikidata: taxon common names (P1843) and labels of bee species
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata · version SPARQL 2026-10-18 · licence CC0 1.0
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata, taxon common names (P1843) and labels, retrieved 2026-10-18. https://www.wikidata.org (CC0).
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