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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Megachilinae » Osmiini

Tribe Osmiini

Classification · Identification · Range
Another megachil? - Heriades - female Osmiini? - Protosmia rubifloris - male Blue Bee ID Request - Osmia - female Osmiini 01b - Osmia coloradensis Early spring bee - Osmia - male Bee with Red & Black Abdomen (either Ashmeadiella or Hoplitis) in California Osmia (Melanosmia?) - Osmia - female Bee emerging from turret - female
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 Osmiini
Identification
have conspicuous arolia (unlike Megachile, except some rare Asian species)
Range
Discover Life Global Map for genera occurring in North America
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 6 December, 2006 - 2:37pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher
Last updated 15 April, 2007 - 8:53pm

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