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This map shows observations of the species Anthophora retusa from the year 2000 onwards.
The blue markers indicate the frequency of the observations, with darker blue regions indicating more observations in that area.
All observations were obtained from Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
.
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the GBIF page on the species Anthophora retusa by clicking here.
Taxonomy
Description
The Potter Flower Bee (Anthophora retusa) found in parts of Europe and Asia. It is not included on the IUCN Red List, but has been included on the Swedish Red List since 2000. It is currently assessed as Near Threatened in Sweden (SLU Artdatabanken, 2025). The genome assembly and annotation displayed here on the Genome Portal was generated in a study by the Matthew Webster research group at Uppsala University.
How to cite
If you use the data presented in the genome portal from this species in your research, please cite the original publication:
Taliadoros, D., Soares, A. E. R., Dias, G., Bunikis, I., Pippel, M., Olsson, A., Mosbech, M.-B., Heintz, J., Lager, N., Strand, A.-S., Pettersson, M., Pettersson, O. V., Lantz, H., Cederberg, B., Lindblad-Toh, K., & Webster, M. T. (2025). Genome Variation in Three Anthophora Bee Species Reflects Divergent Demographic Histories. Molecular Ecology, n/a(n/a), e70204. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70204If you have used the pages for this species in the Genome Portal, please refer to it in-text as: “The Anthophora retusa entry in the Swedish Reference Genome Portal (Retrieved ).” and use the following for the bibliography:
Swedish Reference Genome Portal (Retrieved ), SciLifeLab Data Centre, version 1.6.0 from https://genomes.scilifelab.se, RRID:SCR_026008References
- SLU Artdatabanken (2025). Artfakta: svartpälsbi (Anthophora retusa). https://artfakta.se/taxa/102690 [2025-05-27]
Changelog
- 14/01/2026 - Species first published on the Portal
Page last updated: 14/01/2026