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Species Anthidium illustre

Anthidium illustre - male Anthidium illustre - male - female Anthidium illustre - female Anthidium illustre - male - female Anthidium illustre, perhaps?  - Anthidium illustre - male - female Anthidium illustre, perhaps?  - Anthidium illustre - male Bees in the bee house - Anthidium illustre Bees in the bee house - Anthidium illustre
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Megachilidae (Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies)
Subfamily Megachilinae (Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives)
Tribe Anthidiini (Wool-carder, Resin, Pebble, and Allied Bees)
Genus Anthidium (Woolcarder Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Anthidium)
Species illustre (Anthidium illustre)
Other Common Names
Illustrated Woolcarder
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Callanthidium illustre Cresson (in Grigarick & Stange, see ref. below)
Identification
T-VII of males with a short, blunt center spine (Grigarick & Stange):
Range
w. US north to OR-ID, east to CO-NM(1)
Food
The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Print References
Grigarick A.A. and L.A. Stange (1968) The pollen-collecting bees of the Anthidiini of California (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bull. Calif. Insect Survey 9 (Full text)
[updated 06/03/2015, HW]
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