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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) » Ashmeadiella » Subgenus Cubitognatha (Ashmeadiella Subgenus Cubitognatha)

Subgenus Cubitognatha

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Ashmeadiella xenomastax - female Small bee - Ashmeadiella xenomastax - male Small bee - Ashmeadiella xenomastax Ashmeadiella - Ashmeadiella xenomastax - female Ashmeadiella - Ashmeadiella xenomastax - female Another Ashmeadiella? - Ashmeadiella xenomastax Another Ashmeadiella? - Ashmeadiella xenomastax Another Ashmeadiella? - Ashmeadiella xenomastax
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 Ashmeadiella
No Taxon Subgenus Cubitognatha
Explanation of Names
Cubitognatha Michener 1939
Numbers
monotypic(1)
Identification
unique elbowed, bidentate female mandibles(2)(3)
Range
sw US(1)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.A Revision of the Genus Ashmeadiella (Hymen., Megachilidae)
Michener, Charles D. 1939. The American Midland Naturalist. 22(1): 1-84.
3.The Megachiline Bees of California (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Paul D. Hurd, Jr., and Charles D. Michener. 1955. University of California Press.
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 6 February, 2016 - 12:10am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 5 July, 2017 - 10:34pm

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