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Species Anthidium illustre

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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 Anthidiini (Wool-carder, Resin, Pebble, and Allied Bees)
Genus Anthidium (Woolcarder Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Anthidium)
Species illustre (Anthidium illustre)
Other Common Names
Illustrated Woolcarder
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Callanthidium illustre Cresson (in Grigarick & Stange, see ref. below)
Identification
T-VII of males with a short, blunt center spine (Grigarick & Stange):
Range
w. US north to OR-ID, east to CO-NM(1)
Discover Life Map
Food
The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Print References
Grigarick A.A. and L.A. Stange (1968) The pollen-collecting bees of the Anthidiini of California (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bull. Calif. Insect Survey 9 (Full text)
[updated 06/03/2015, HW]
Internet References
Discover Life
Works Cited
1.Blank et al. (2012) ECatSym: Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Program version 4.0 beta
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 3 June, 2007 - 4:29pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, v belov, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 10 June, 2021 - 4:32pm

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