Genus Dianthidium

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)

Family Megachilidae (Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies)

Subfamily Megachilinae

Tribe Anthidiini

Genus Dianthidium

Explanation of Names

Author: Cockerell

Numbers

Nearctica lists 22 species.

Remarks

They construct cells of pebbles glued together with resin. They are placed on twigs, or on roots below the soil surface, or in any available burrows or borings.

Internet References

Discover Life

Valdosta

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 23 September, 2006 - 5:07pm
Last updated 30 January, 2009 - 6:59pm

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