Hesperapis larreae

{{short description|Species of insect}}

Hesperapis larreae is a solitary, ground-nesting bee in the family Melittidae {{Cite journal|last1=Rozen|first1=Jerome Jr.|last2=Griswold|first2=Terry|date=1991|title=Biology and Larvae of the Cleptoparasitic Bee Townsendiella pulchra and Nesting Biology of Its Host Hesperapis larreae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)|journal=American Museum Novitates|issue=3005|pages=1–11}}{{Cite journal|last1=Orr|first1=Michael|last2=Griswold|first2=Terry|date=2015-12-16|title=A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Townsendiella (Apidae, Nomadinae, Townsendiellini), with the description of a new species from Pinnacles National Park|url=http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6443|journal=ZooKeys|issue=546|pages=87–104|doi=10.3897/zookeys.546.6443|issn=1313-2970|pmc=4714348|pmid=26798307|doi-access=free|bibcode=2015ZooK..546...87O }}