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Subgenus Melanosmia

Mason Bee? - Osmia Osmia in August - Osmia - female Green bee - Osmia Osmia pumila? - Osmia pumila - female Osmia pumila? - Osmia pumila - female Osmia palmula female? - Osmia foxi - female teal mason eating phacelia pollen - Osmia Osmia - female
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 Osmia (Mason Bees)
No Taxon Subgenus Melanosmia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Includes, among others, the subgenus Chenosmia.
Numbers
>100 spp. in our area, ~120 spp. worldwide(1)
Range
much of NA and the Holarctic in general(1)
Remarks
The subgenus Melanosmia is used here in a broad sense (see discussion in (2))