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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) » Chelostoma » Subgenus Gyrodromella (Chelostoma Subgenus Gyrodromella) » Chelostoma rapunculi

Species Chelostoma rapunculi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
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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 Chelostoma
No Taxon (Subgenus Gyrodromella)
Species rapunculi (Chelostoma rapunculi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chelostoma rapunculi (Lepeletier, 1841)
Heriades rapunculi Lepeletier, 1841; Apis fuliginosa_homonym Panzer, 1798; Heriades nigricornis Nylander, 1848; Chelostoma inerme Eversmann, 1852; Heriades casularum Chevier, 1872; Osmia (Acanthosmia) archanensis Cockerell, 1928; Osmia (Acanthosmia) platyodonta Cockerell, 1928
Range
Specimens have been collected in NY and CT
Discover Life Map
Food
Oligolectic on Campanula (Campanulaceae) and possibly on related genera (Amiet et al., 2004, Sedivy et al., 2008, Westrich, 1989). The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Life Cycle
Nests in preexisting cavities: insect burrows and drilled borings in dead wood or bark; hollow stems (e.g. Phragmites) and drilled borings in stems.
Remarks
From the Palaearctic
Internet References
Discover Life. Map, images
Palaearctic Osmiine Bees. Keys, info
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 21 August, 2013 - 2:52pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 20 April, 2023 - 9:37pm

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