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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) » Mason Bees (Osmia) » Subgenus Melanosmia (Osmia Subgenus Melanosmia) » Osmia integra

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Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Bee - Osmia integra

Oso Flaco Dunes Preserve, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
April 13, 2007
Size: ~ 12 mm

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 18 April, 2007 - 10:50am
Last updated 18 April, 2007 - 4:25pm

Osmia integra Cresson

a beautiful, large species of subgenus Acanthosmioides (derived from within subgenus Melanosmia so might usefully be classified therein)

A. integra is known from coastal CA sand dunes (e.g., San Francisco, as recorded by White, 1952:293)

similar in hair color to O. longula, but that is a montane species in California

… John S. Ascher, 18 April, 2007 - 12:22pm

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Thanks, John,

We have a guide page for Osmia integra on this site, or would you suggest to put this under O. (Acanthosmioides) integra, or?

I just found this reference, which might give me more information on this bee's biology:
Gordon, D.M. 2003. Life history and nest biology of the mason bee Osmia (Acanthosmioides) integra Cresson in coastal dunes (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 79:45-53.

… Hartmut Wisch, 18 April, 2007 - 3:44pm

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Osmia integra is fine as is

as implied by my previous comment, subgenera of Osmia need work as some recognized now will likely prove to be monophyletic. Acanthosmioides are likely derived from Melanosmia sensu Michener (2000).

Thanks for citing the interesting reference.

… John S. Ascher, 18 April, 2007 - 7:50pm

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Sounds good,

and thanks again!

… Hartmut Wisch, 18 April, 2007 - 8:37pm

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