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Species Anthidium psoraleae

SEMNBS #1585 10f 3 top - Anthidium psoraleae - male SEMNBS #1585 20f 3 side - Anthidium psoraleae - male SEMNBS #15853 3 0f 3 face - Anthidium psoraleae - male Anthidiini bee on Tephrosia virginiana - Anthidium psoraleae - female Anthidiini bee on Tephrosia virginiana - Anthidium psoraleae
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 Anthidiini (Wool-carder, Resin, Pebble, and Allied Bees)
Genus Anthidium (Woolcarder Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Anthidium)
Species psoraleae (Anthidium psoraleae)
Explanation of Names
Anthidium psoraleae Robertson 1902
named after the plant genus Psoralea,
Size
Female 11mm. Male 12-13mm
Range
Colorado and North Dakota, east to Illinois and Michigan. Possibly the range of this species extends to the Pacific Coast.
Season
July
Food
Robertson (1929) records this species on Astragalus, Lobelia, Psoralea, Trifolium and Verbena.
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