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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Hoplitis » Former subgenus Monumetha, now subgenus Alcidamea in part (Hoplitis Former subgenus Monumetha, now subgenus Alcidamea in part) » Hoplitis albifrons

Species Hoplitis albifrons

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Internet References · Works Cited
Osmia? - Hoplitis albifrons - male - female Bee - Hoplitis albifrons Bee - Hoplitis albifrons Bee 2 - Hoplitis albifrons Hoplitis albifrons maura ? - Hoplitis albifrons - female Megachilidae? - Hoplitis albifrons Osmia - Hoplitis albifrons - female Bee id? - Hoplitis albifrons
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 Osmiini (Mason bees and relatives)
Genus Hoplitis
No Taxon (Former subgenus Monumetha, now subgenus Alcidamea in part)
Species albifrons (Hoplitis albifrons)
Explanation of Names
Hoplitis albifrons (Kirby 1837)
Size
♀ 11-13 mm, ♂ 9 mm
Range
AK‒BC‒NS north to Hudson Bay(1)
Season
May‒Aug
Internet References
species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 9 February, 2008 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, John S. Ascher, v belov, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 13 March, 2024 - 9:19pm

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